Following the constitution, protecting the people, tackling the serious narcotics problem in this area, and giving deputies the training they need, are top priorities listed by the new Barber County, Kansas, Sheriff Jason LeClair.

LeClair was sworn in at a ceremony Monday morning at the Barber County Courthouse in Medicine Lodge. In an interview with the Newsgram Sunday he said, "Absolutely, I am very ready to serve."

He was born in Medicine Lodge and lived in Sharon, Kansas, until age 12 when his family moved to Monett in southwest Missouri where his dad was a banker. He graduated from Stover...