ONE BURGER AT A TIME: Pair brightens truckers’ days by passing out lunch on Highway 22 in New Site

Burt Reynolds tells everyone Bandit and Snowman are not friends of Smokey but Smokey reached out to Snowman on Wednesday. Instead of Snowman making a run to Texarkana for beer trying to elude law enforcement, truckers only needed to stop in New Site for a friendly encounter with Buford T. Justice to fill their stomachs.

Thanks to New Site police chief Phillip Weddle and retired New Site police chief and current Tallapoosa County commissioner John McKelvey, Smokey and Snowman met on friendly terms on Highway 22 in New Site. The pair of law enforcement officers handed out 25 cheeseburger meals purchased from The General’s Cafe in New Site to passing truckers.