Forty-five years ago, Cora the elephant shared screen time with movie star Burt Reynolds in the popular film, "Smokey and the Bandit II." Fans of that movie — including Reynolds' niece, Nancy Lee Hess ...

Aging 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. Participants in "The Bandit Run," a large, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - 18 years ago, fans of the film Smokey and the Bandit met to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the film and to re-enact the drive that Smokey took from Texarkana to Atlanta, ...

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 travel ...

Cora was the center of attention last June when participants in a popular road trip visited the Topeka Zoo to see the Asian elephant, who had shared screen time with movie star Burt Reynolds 45 years ...

Actor Alfie Wise has died, aged 82, it's been announced. He's remembered for his roles in films like Smokey and the Bandit, which starred his late friend Burt Reynolds, whom he collaborated with on ...

This truck rolled off the production line as a Chevrolet Silverado 1500 in 2022. Those times, however, are long gone. Meet the Bandit, the truck that pays tribute to the legendary Pontiac Trans Am ...