King hires three from county, one volunteer

(The Stokes News) - The county fire marshal’s office will be down to one staff member in the next couple of weeks as the other county employees will be leaving to take positions with the King Fire Department.

The first person to resign was Fire Marshal Brad Cheek, who will be taking a post as assistant chief of the King Fire Department starting April 1. Cheek turned in his resignation on March 10 after accepting the job offer from Chief Randy Williams.

Cheek has been fire marshal for Stokes County since 1995 and was assistant fire marshal from 1992 until his promotion.