Topeka Zoo elephant Cora, who appeared 45 years ago in a "Smokey and the Bandit" movie, is expected to get a visit June 9 from fans of those films.

That’s a reference to the hilarious 1977 movie starring Burt Reynolds as the “Bandit” (his citizen’s band radio handle). The Bandit smuggles a tractor-trailer-load of beer to Georgia from Texas. He is ...

The 1977 movie "Smokey and the Bandit" is largely famous for two reasons: the Pontiac Trans Am driven by the titular Bandit, and the performances of the late Jerry Reed and Burt Reynolds as Cledus ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - For almost 20 years, fans of the movie Smokey and the Bandit, the 1977 Burt Reynolds classic, have been using their shared love of the film, and the car it features, to ...

This “Smokey and the Bandit”-themed muscle car run is coming to Michigan for the first time. From June 8-13, Michiganders could spot The Bandit Run traveling along the lakeshore from Holland ...