Why are flags at half-staff in Ohio?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered U.S. and Ohio flags to be flown at half-staff.

In honor of the life and service of Scioto County Commissioner Cathy Coleman, DeWine has ordered the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio to be lowered upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Scioto County and at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center and Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus.

The order will remain in effect until sunset on the day of her funeral, which is scheduled for July 11.

According to multiple reports, Coleman was involved in a car crash with a pickup truck on U.S. Route 23, north of Scioto County's Franklin Furnace in May. She was admitted to Grant Medical Center in Columbus in stable, but critical condition before being released. She was unable to survive her injuries and died in hospice care on July 4 at Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, according to her obituary.

Coleman, of West Portsmouth, Ohio, filled the Scioto County Commissioner’s seat when her husband Doug Coleman died in 2016. She won re-election and served several more terms under the title.