The Clarion-Ledger is reporting that Governor Barbour has appointed James Chaney Jr. of Vicksburg to fill the term of retiring Circuit Court Judge Frank Vollor.

Vollor’s retired on Sunday after two decades on the bench.

Chaney will serve the remainder of the term through December 2010. He will be one of two judges in the Ninth Circuit District, which includes Warren, Issaquena and Sharkey counties.

The 56-year-old Chaney has served as attorney for the Vicksburg Warren School District since 1987.