{"id":117165,"date":"2025-05-14T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=117165"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:29:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:29:41","slug":"governor-braun-directs-flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staff-statewide-20250515","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/14\/governor-braun-directs-flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staff-statewide-20250515\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Braun directs flags to be flown at half-staff Statewide &#8211; 5\/15\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_banner-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_banner-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_banner-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_banner-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_banner.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Indiana Governor Mike Braun is directing all flags to be flown at half-staff in the State of Indiana on Thursday, May 15, 2025, in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>News release from Indiana Governor Mike Braun&#8217;s office:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Governor Braun directs flags to be flown at half-staff Statewide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indianapolis, Indiana (May 14, 2025) \u2013 Governor Mike Braun is directing all flags to be flown at half-staff in the State of Indiana on Thursday, May 15, 2025, in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day.<\/p>\n<p>Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset in the State of Indiana on Thursday, May 15. Governor Braun is asking businesses and residents located in Indiana to lower their flags as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/in\/zoeller_greg.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller. Courtesy photo.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='a59bdf4720c675fd78a6e4c8c2a36452' data-image-id=\"4646\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/in\/zoeller_greg.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/in\/thumbs\/thumbs_zoeller_greg.jpg\" data-title=\"Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller\" data-description=\"Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller. 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