STATEHOUSE NEWS

Flags at the Ohio Statehouse will fly at half-staff through sunset on Tuesday, May 16, 2017.
May 12, 2017
 

Flags at the Ohio Statehouse will fly at half-staff through sunset on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 in honor of the lives lost in the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on May 12, 2017 in Kirkersville, Ohio.

Governor Kasich’s order reads:
“In honor of the lives lost in the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on May 12, 2017 in Kirkersville, Ohio, 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 Licking County and at the Ohio Statehouse effective immediately through sunset on May 16, 2017."