
Mark Kelly
Anchor at WKRN-TV (Nashville, TN)
🌞 Good Morning Nashville anchor on @WKRN. 🎤 And enjoy every moment possible of this wild ride with my wife, our 2 little girls and cavalier pup. 💜
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4 weeks ago |
wkrn.com | Mark Kelly
MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — For many Tennesseans growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, and especially those in McNairy County, Sheriff Bufford Pusser was a hero. Hollywood made the big hit movie “Walking Tall” about the lawman, but a shadow of controversy has also loomed over the McNairy County sheriff. His wife’s murder remains a cold case to this day — and some say Pusser is responsible. Pusser’s image of a big stick-carrying sheriff who cracked down on crime continues to this day.
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4 weeks ago |
wkrn.com | Mark Kelly
McNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Buford Pusser is arguably the most famous sheriff Tennessee’s ever seen. He died in 1974, and all these decades later, his hometown still honors him. Like so many towns across America, Adamsville, Tennessee kicks off summer with a festival, but this one is different. It has the fast rides, but the festival’s also named after one man famous for single-handedly taking down prostitution and bootlegging.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Mark Kelly
McNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Buford Pusser is arguably the most famous sheriff Tennessee’s ever seen. He died in 1974, and all these decades later, his hometown still honors him. Like so many towns across America, Adamsville, Tennessee kicks off summer with a festival, but this one is different. It has the fast rides, but the festival’s also named after one man famous for single-handedly taking down prostitution and bootlegging.
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4 weeks ago |
wkrn.com | Mark Kelly
McNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) – One sheriff has had a massive influence on law enforcement decades after his death. Buford Pusser is a Tennessee legend, even Hollywood took notice. News 2 spoke with the current McNairy County sheriff about Pusser’s impact on crime fighting. Sheriff Buford Pusser kept law and order in McNairy County back in the 1960s. When Hollywood portrayed him in the 1970s film Walking Tall, he carried a big stick to fend off criminals.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Mark Kelly
McNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) – One sheriff has had a massive influence on law enforcement decades after his death. Buford Pusser is a Tennessee legend, even Hollywood took notice. News 2 spoke with the current McNairy County sheriff about Pusser’s impact on crime fighting. Sheriff Buford Pusser kept law and order in McNairy County back in the 1960s. When Hollywood portrayed him in the 1970s film Walking Tall, he carried a big stick to fend off criminals.
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