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DeWine orders flags lowered to half staff

By Mahoning Matters staff
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, fwo Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers look out from the Ohio Statehouse roof in Columbus. Republican lawmakers in Ohio on Thursday, June 24, have moved to approve a bill banning transgender girls from participating in female sports teams in high school or college. The proposal, titled the Save Women’s Sports Act, would require schools and higher education institutions in the state to designate “separate single-sex teams and sports for each sex.” (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, fwo Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers look out from the Ohio Statehouse roof in Columbus. Republican lawmakers in Ohio on Thursday, June 24, have moved to approve a bill banning transgender girls from participating in female sports teams in high school or college. The proposal, titled the Save Women’s Sports Act, would require schools and higher education institutions in the state to designate “separate single-sex teams and sports for each sex.” (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered flags be lowered to half staff at Ohio's public buildings to honor the lives lost in Thursday's terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.

DeWine's order complies with the one issued by President Joseph Biden to honor the lives of the U.S. service members and other victims killed in the terrorist attack.

DeWine issued a flag lowering order Thursday night, directing that all U.S. and Ohio flags be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the state until sunset Monday.

This story was originally published August 27, 2021 at 12:19 PM with the headline "DeWine orders flags lowered to half staff."