CLEVELAND, Tenn. – There will be new names on several sheriff’s office doors come September.
Sheriffs Steve Frisbie in McMinn County and Walter Hickman in Meigs County were defeated in the Republican primaries. Incumbent Bradley County Sheriff Tim Gobble is running for the 3rd Congressional District.
In McMinn County, it’s a family feud.
Joe Guy, a veteran law enforcement officer and the county mayor’s assistant, knocked off Mr. Frisbie, who has been sheriff for 16 years, in the GOP primary.
Now he’ll face his uncle, David Guy, former Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent for Southeast Tennessee, in the Aug. 5 county election. David Guy was unopposed in the Democratic primary.