STATEHOUSE NEWS
            
         
    
    
        
        
            Flags at the Ohio Statehouse will fly at half-staff from sunrise until sunset Thursday, September 22, 2016
            
            September 21, 2016
         
         
     
    
     Flags at the Ohio Statehouse will fly at half-staff from sunrise until sunset Thursday, September 22, 2016 in honor of the life and service of State Highway Patrol Trooper Kenneth Velez. 
   
 Governor Kasich’s order reads: 
 “In honor of the life and service of State Highway Patrol Trooper Kenneth Velez, 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 Lorain County on September 21, 2016 and throughout the state of Ohio on September 22, 2016 from sunrise to sunset.”