There are 17 article(s) tagged Anthony Buckner:

• September 2026

  • Opinion: Now is not the time to let up on gun crime

    “Frankly, we have a long way to go to be as safe as we need to be.”

    By Bill Gibbons September 16, 2026

  • Buckner says new jail could unfold one unit at a time

    Shelby County Sheriff Anthony Buckner discussed getting ahead on jail maintenance, a new “step-down” unit for prisoners with medical conditions and a return to using a former federal prison in Millington on “Behind the Headlines.”

    By Bill Dries September 12, 2026

  • New sheriff gives tour of crumbling 201 Poplar

    The wear and tear on the 40-year-old building is evident everywhere, but progress is happening in small, expensive steps, including restoration of the jail’s 10 escalators, which cost more than $1 million.

    By Brandon LaGrone II September 01, 2026

  • Mickell Lowery takes oath of office along with other countywide elected officials

    It took about two hours to administer the oaths of office Monday, Aug. 31, to a group of 30 elected county leaders who formally begin four-year terms of office Tuesday.

    By Bill Dries September 01, 2026

• August 2026

  • Buckner beats Less in Shelby County Sheriff’s race

    Democratic candidate Anthony Bucker claims victory in the race for Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

    By Steve Bohnel August 06, 2026

  • Conflicting polls and what becomes of competition after the primaries

    The Republican primary for Governor includes battling polls and a look at post primary unity — the hopes, and the reality.

    By Bill Dries August 02, 2026

• July 2026

  • Democratic sheriff nominee takes wait-and-see approach on cooperation with federal immigration

    Anthony Buckner talked about immigration and the Memphis Safe Task Force as well as a new jail in a wide-ranging interview on “Behind The Headlines”.

    By Bill Dries July 22, 2026

  • DeBerry clashes with MICAH on Memphis Safe Task Force

    The clash came at a weekend candidates’ forum hosted by MICAH. Also the impact of Congressional primaries on voter turnout and Blackburn fallout and calculations.

    By Bill Dries July 13, 2026

• June 2026

  • Vote-A-Rama and the War Powers Act. Wanda Halbert’s quest for a recount. Lamar Alexander on ‘Newt’s World’

    From vote-a-rama to recount-a-rama, Tennessee’s representatives in Washington had a busy week and more in this week’s political roundup.

    By Bill Dries June 08, 2026

• April 2026

  • One Shelby County candidate has more cash than all his opponents combined

    Newly filed campaign finance forms show two Shelby County Democratic mayoral candidates with far more financial resources than the rest of the crowded primary. 

    By Samuel Hardiman April 13, 2026

• March 2026

  • Reality check? Dropping crime numbers meet the first spring weekend on Beale Street

    A violent Friday night Downtown stokes the ongoing debate about the Memphis Safe Task Force’s effectiveness. 

    By Bill Dries March 23, 2026

• February 2026

  • Sorting the Feagins situation. Rose calls local leadership a ‘disaster.’ Buckner opens campaign HQ.

    Also in the political roundup, Rose says he has a plan for state control after the Task Force; Buckner says the Task Force has a secret; and Smiley says the county mayor has a role to play at the jail.

    By Bill Dries February 23, 2026

• January 2026

  • Justin J. Pearson running for reelection and U.S. House

    Races on the May and August ballots continue to take shape ahead of filing deadlines in February and March.

    By Bill Dries January 21, 2026

• June 2025

  • Police rule teacher’s death accidental, find no tampering with drinks

    Collierville Police and Shelby County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference Monday afternoon to talk about possible drink tampering in the suburb’s limits.

    By Abigail Warren June 03, 2025

• May 2025

  • Political Roundup: ‘Some of these devils want me to be gone,’ Ford Jr. said

    Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. calls out political rivals, campaigning for 2026 has already started and county budget hearings will be missing a lot of key people.

    By Bill Dries May 18, 2025

• March 2025

  • Autopsy confirms inmate’s cause of death

    Sherman Weakley, 22, died by suicide, according to his official autopsy.

    By Aarron Fleming March 04, 2025

• May 2021

  • Deputies’ training includes tour of National Civil Rights Museum

    For the first time, a class of 17 Shelby County Sheriff’s deputy recruits and two Collierville police officers, toured the National Civil Rights Museum and wrote essays about the experience before taking their training to the streets. 

    By Don Wade May 15, 2021