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Staff ReportsSeptember 20, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday ordered flags at half-staff “as a tribute to those who lost their lives during Hurricane Maria.” Scott directed the U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff at the Capitol from noon Thursday to sunset. He did not make a statement to accompany his order. Scott was traveling to Puerto […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 10, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff on Tuesday “in honor and remembrance of the victims of 9/11.” The governor directed the U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff “at all local and state buildings, installations, and grounds throughout the state of Florida,” he said in a statement. The flags will remain at half-staff until […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 8, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff on Saturday for George Sheldon, a longtime children’s advocate and former state official who died last month. Scott directed the U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, City Hall in Miami, City Hall in Plant City, and at the Capitol in Tallahassee from […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 7, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff for Taylor J. Galvin, a U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3). Galvin died after an Aug. 20 helicopter crash in Iraq. His wife’s family live in Cedar Key. Scott directed the U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff at the Levy County Courthouse in Bronson, Town Hall in Cedar Key, and […]

Staff ReportsAugust 26, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday ordered flags at half-staff for the late U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Scott referred to President Donald Trump‘s proclamation “directing all flags to be lowered to half-staff until sunset on the day of interment.” “Pursuant to the Presidential Proclamation, I hereby direct the flags of the United States and […]

Staff ReportsAugust 24, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half-staff for Deputy Ben Zirbel of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Zirbel died last Wednesday. The 12-year veteran “spent days in critical condition, following a crash while he was on motorcycle patrol,” WOKV News reported. A funeral will be held Saturday. Zirbel leaves behind a wife and 8-year-old son. Scott directed the U.S. […]

Staff ReportsAugust 3, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff for Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller, late of the Fort Myers Police Department. Jobbers-Miller, a three-year veteran of the force, was killed in the line of duty on Saturday, July 28. Scott directed the U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff at the Lee County Courthouse in Fort Myers, Fort Myers […]

Staff ReportsJuly 3, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half-staff to honor the victims of the June 28 shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland. The order was effective immediately on Tuesday till sunset. The U.S. and state flags will “be flown at half-staff at all local and state buildings, installations, and grounds throughout the State of […]

Staff ReportsJune 1, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half-staff to honor the late John Morroni, a former House member from Pinellas County. Morroni died Sunday. He represented House District 50, which covered parts of Pinellas County, from 1992 to 2000. Morroni spent the last 18 years on the Pinellas County Commission, serving as chairman in 2005, 2012, and 2015. “As […]

Staff ReportsMay 25, 2018

Flags will fly at half-staff on Friday to honor a Daytona Beach police officer who died following a training exercise. Thomas Coulter, 25, had been with the Daytona Beach Police Department for only one week. He “suffered a heart attack while conducting physical training in front of Police Department headquarters” last Friday, according to the Officer […]

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Flags at half-staff for victims of Hurricane Maria

Flags at half-staff to honor victims of Sept. 11, 2001

Flags ordered at half-staff for George Sheldon

RIP ‘Every day hero’: Flags at half-staff for Taylor J. Galvin

Flags at half-staff for John McCain

Flags at half-staff for Clay County deputy

Flags at half-staff for Fort Myers officer

Flags at half-staff to honor victims of Maryland newspaper shooting

Flags at half-staff for John Morroni

Flags at half-staff to honor Daytona Beach police officer