(LEX 18) — The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that the London City Council and other appellants failed to demonstrate the "immediate and irreparable injury" required for intermediate relief under state appellate procedures.

Weddle was originally removed from office in August 2025 by a unanimous vote of the London City Council on three alleged violations: executing a $5 million note secured by a mortgage on Levi Jackson State Park and the Laurel County Fairgrounds without council approval, failing to timely fill a vacancy on the ethics commission, and not properly publishing a city ordinance.

The council appointed Tracie Handley as interim mayor on Sept. 5, 2025. However, Laurel Circuit Court Judge David Williams reinstated Weddle on Sept. 29, 2025, ruling that the council "fa

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