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Flags at the Ohio Statehouse will fly at half-staff from July 8 until sunset July 12, 2016
July 8, 2016
 
Flags at the Ohio Statehouse will fly at half-staff from Friday, July 8 until sunset Sunday, July 12, 2016 in honor of the lives and service of the police officers killed in the line of duty Thursday, July 7, 2016 in Dallas, Texas.

Governor Kasich’s order reads:

"In accordance with orders issued today by the President of the United States of America and to honor the lives and service of the police officers killed in the line of duty on Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Dallas, Texas, I hereby proclaim, by the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Ohio by the Ohio Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the state of Ohio effective immediately until sunset, July 12, 2016."