FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 26, 2023

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Dan Tierney: 614-644-0957

Governor DeWine Orders Flags Lowered in?Honor of Concord-Green Fire Chief Ralph Stegbauer and
Fire Captain Jeffery Skaggs

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)? In honor of the lives of Concord-Green Fire Chief Ralph Stegbauer and Fire Captain Jeffery Skaggs, Governor Mike DeWine has ordered the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio to be?flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Fayette County, the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center, and the Rhodes State Office Tower today, and will remain until sunset on the day of their funerals. This flag lowering will run concurrently with the flag lowering to honor former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, which is in effect until November 29th.?

All other public buildings and grounds throughout the state may lower at their discretion for the same time period.

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