Authorities exhume wife of Tennessee sheriff who inspired 'Walking Tall' as they examine cold-case killing Pauline Pusser, wife of former McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser, ...

The rights of that book were sold to Hollywood, and "Walking Tall" became a hit movie in 1973. The movie, with a budget of $500,000, made $40 million at the box office.

Ricky Keith, vice mayor and alderman for Pulaski, said the city will unveil the statue at 11 a.m. at the park. It's a project nearly three years in the making, Keith said.

GROESBECK, Texas (KWKT/WKRN) – Actor Joe Don Baker, who starred in a movie about a small-town Tennessee sheriff’s fight to clean up corruption, has died at age 89. Baker, originally from ...

PULASKI, Tenn. — Dr. Tesa Reeves with Family Dentistry will be hosting their tenth annual free dental day Nov. 16. Adults and children are welcome to take part in the event starting at 7 a.m.… ...

Joe Don Baker, the actor who as the real-life Sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 vigilante film Walking Tall carried a big stick to mete out his own Tennessee brand of justice, died May 7, his ...

Buford Pusser, the real-life Tennessee sheriff immortalized in the 1973 film "Walking Tall," once worked as a professional wrestler. The bat-wielding sheriff, known for his virtual one-man war on ...

PULASKI, Tenn. – Many outsiders think of one group when they hear "Pulaski, Tennessee": the Ku Klux Klan. The city is, in fact, the hate group's birthplace. But to insiders, the rural Tennessee ...

Joe Don Baker, a Hollywood veteran who first rose to fame as tough-talking Sheriff Buford Pusser in "Walking Tall," has died, his family announced. He was 89. The announcement of his May 7 death ...

PULASKI, TN. (TENNESSEE VALLEY LIVING) - Y’all ever had a piece of fried chicken before that changed your life? That’s what happens when you eat at The Southern Table in Pulaski, TN. Chef Ryan Yokley ...

This Christmas display is from 603 South Ingram Street in Pulaski, Tennessee. The Rose family’s display has over 20,000 lights […] Every year, we feature Christmas light displays on WHNT News 19!

Part of: Walking Tall Collection. Walking Tall is a 1973 American action semi-biopic film of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a former professional wrestler-turned-lawman in McNairy County, Tennessee.