US Flags Ordered To Fly at Half Staff in Ohio and Iowa Today, This Weekend
Summary
Governors in Ohio and Iowa have ordered flags to fly at half-staff to honor recent deaths connected to public service. These include a police officer killed in the line of duty in Ohio, longtime public officials in Ohio, and a military pilot who died in a crash in Iowa.Key Facts
- Ohio Governor Mike DeWine ordered flags at half-staff in Wayne County for Sgt. Scott Ries, a police officer shot and killed on duty.
- Ries was killed responding to a gunfire report where officers were attacked; the suspect was found dead.
- Flags were also lowered in Summit County, Ohio, for Kenneth R. Cox, a former state senator and government official who died at 97.
- In Hamilton County, Ohio, flags honored Simon “Si” Leis Jr., a longtime prosecutor, judge, and sheriff who died at 92.
- On July 10, various parts of Ohio simultaneously honored a line-of-duty police death, a longtime lawmaker, and a veteran law enforcement leader.
- Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds ordered flags lowered statewide from July 10 to 17 for U.S. Air Force Maj. Brad Hovey.
- Maj. Hovey died in a B-52 bomber crash during a test flight in California on June 15; he was an Iowa native and father.
- The bomber was on a development test related to modernization of an aging aircraft fleet when it crashed, killing all eight crew members.
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