Joe John, a former North Carolina appeals court judge, state crime lab director and state House member, has died at age 85.

John, who was 85, served on the state Superior Court and Court of Appeals, ran the state Department of Motor Vehicles and state crime lab before winning his first term in the state House in 2016.

On April 12, 2022, deputies said they responded to the 1000 block of Main Church Road after reports of a possible domestic situation.

A second person is facing a murder charge in the death of a 38-year-old woman whose body was found on a stranger’s driveway in North Carolina ... and the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory.

North Carolina state Rep. Joe John, a longtime Raleigh lawmaker and former judge, died on Wednesday. John had only just resigned his District 40 House seat in the General Assembly days earlier, as he ...

Flags have been at half-staff since Dec. 30 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29. They were scheduled to be raised back to full-staff Jan. 29. Flags also were at full-staff Jan.