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Staff ReportsAugust 28, 2017

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Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half-staff to commemorate the passing of former state Sen. Greg Evers. Evers, 62, a strawberry farmer and Republican who represented Senate District 2 from 2010-16, died last week in a one-car accident near his home in unincorporated Baker, Okaloosa County. He previously served in the House 2000-10. “As a […]

Staff ReportsAugust 23, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half-staff for two Kissimmee Police officers slain in the line of duty. Last Friday, Officer Matthew Baxter and Sgt. Richard “Sam” Howard of the Kissimmee Police Department were shot when a suspect fired at them during a scuffle while they were on patrol. Both succumbed from their injuries. The alleged […]

Staff ReportsJune 29, 2017

The U.S. and state flags are at half-staff to honor the late Florida Supreme Court Justice Parker Lee McDonald. The body of McDonald, who died Saturday at the age of 93, lay in state Thursday in the rotunda of the Supreme Court building in Tallahassee. Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff “as a symbol of […]

Staff ReportsJune 22, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half-staff to honor the late Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. William T. Bishop, who was hit by a car on Interstate 75 Saturday night. According to news4jax.com, Bishop was outside his patrol car investigating a traffic accident in Alachua County when he was struck. “He was taken to Shands Hospital […]

Staff ReportsJune 16, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday ordered flags at half-staff to honor Joshua Albert Sanchez Montaad, an Agricultural Law Enforcement Officer who died in a wreck while on duty. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Montaad—a 25-year-old from Safety Harbor in Pinellas County—was killed in a single car crash this Tuesday on U.S. 19 in Taylor County. “His […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 20, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half-staff in honor of a Marine who died during a training exercise. Lance Cpl. Austin J. Ruiz of Naples died last Friday. Scott, who has a home in Naples, ordered that the U.S. and state flags be flown at half-staff at City Hall in Naples, the Collier County Courthouse […]

Jim RosicaNovember 4, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff on Saturday in honor of Taylor County sheriff’s deputy Michael Scott Williams. The order came in a memo to Taylor County Administrator Dustin Hinkle and county Sheriff L.E. “Bummy” Williams. The governor “direct(ed) the flags of the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at half-staff” at the Taylor […]

Jim RosicaNovember 4, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff on Friday in honor of Miami Police Officer Jorge Sanchez. The order came in a memo to Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Giménez, and Police Chief Rodolfo Llanes. The governor “direct(ed) the flags of the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at […]

Jim RosicaJuly 19, 2016

“As a mark of respect,” Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half staff in honor of three police officers killed Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Scott is in Cleveland this week for the Republican National Convention. He issued the order Tuesday through General Counsel William Spicola, according to a memo. The U.S. and Florida flags […]

Staff ReportsJune 8, 2016

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday ordered flags at half-staff for U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jeff Kuss. Kuss was a pilot in the Blue Angels, the Navy’s elite flight demonstration squad. He died last week when his jet crashed during a training flight in Smyrna, Tennessee, according to The Associated Press. The governor ordered the U.S. and […]

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Rick Scott: Flags at half-staff for Greg Evers

Rick Scott: Flags at half-staff for Kissimmee officers

Flags at half-staff to honor the ‘Whistling Justice’

Governor orders flags at half-staff for FHP Sgt. William T. Bishop

Rick Scott orders flags at half-staff for fallen officer

Rick Scott orders flags at half-staff for Austin J. Ruiz

Rick Scott orders flags at half-staff for North Florida deputy

Rick Scott orders flags at half-staff for Miami officer

Flags ordered at half staff for Louisiana officers

Flags will fly at half-staff for pilot Jeff Kuss