The Stars and Stripes will fly at half-staff in five U.S. states today to honor public servants and mark local losses. Half-staff flag orders are nationally recognized symbols of collective mourning, ...

Such tributes tend to follow deaths of officials or first responders and are carried out under state rules on timing and location.

Kentucky has lowered its state flags to half-staff, joining other states across the nation Nov. 5 after the death former Vice President Dick Cheney. That's not the only reason Kentucky is keeping ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered all state flags to be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Nov. 9, after a deadly plane crash on Tuesday. On Tuesday, a UPS cargo plane’s left ...

Governor Dan McKee ordered all state flags at half-staff from December 14, 2025, until further notice to honor the victims of a shooting at Brown University. The order recognizes the impact on victims ...