District Attorney John Weddle, right, speaks to reporters at the Pontotoc County Courthouse, in Pontotoc, Miss., Dec. 6, 2021. (Adam Robison/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP, File)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — 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.