Head Bear: Lisa Harvey has been appointed as principal of Catholic High and will take over as head of the school July 1. She will replace Brother Barry Landry, who has been appointed by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart to become academic assistant principal of St. Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis, Miss. Landry has been principal of Catholic High for the past seven years. Harvey has been at Catholic High since 2000 and has been academic assistant principal since 2004.
First-term representative now Republican: Rep. Bubba Chaney of Rayville has switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. Chaney, who is serving his first term, made the switch Monday, reports The (Monroe) News-Star. Chaney told the newspaper he didn’t feel that his conservative philosophy had a place in the national Democratic Party. “This isn’t a reflection of my fellow Democrats in the Legislature. I have developed strong relationships and deep respect for my Democratic colleagues, and that won’t change,” he told the News-Star.
