(KLZA)-- Following interviews with two applicants for the position of Pawnee County Sheriff  Tuesday,  Pawnee County Commissioners offered the position to Braden Lang.

Lang is currently the Chief Deputy Sheriff in Pawnee County and has been employed as a deputy in the county since June of 2009.  

Lang will begin his duties as Sheriff January 1, 2020 and will need to move to Pawnee  County. Currently he and his family live just outside the County line in Richardson County. 

Current Sheriff Jayme Reed submitted her resignation in November and it is effective at the end of the year.