Gov. Tate Reeves said that he is appointing northeast Mississippi district attorney John Weddle to the state Court of Appeals.
District attorney John Weddle appointed as judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals by Associated Press, Mississippi Today September 25, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. — Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he is appointing a district attorney in northeast Mississippi to become a judge on the state Court of Appeals. John Weddle of Saltillo will succeed former Judge Jim M. Greenlee of Oxford, who retired June 30. Weddle will step down from his current job and begin serving on the 10-member court on Oct.
3, 2026, to fill the final half of the eight-year Court of Appeals term that expires at the end of 2030. Weddle can choose to run in that race. This <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/09/25/john-weddle-court-of-appeals-appointed/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.
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