SOUTHEAST Mo. (KFVS) - Governor Mike Kehoe ordered flags to fly at half-staff in honor of Sikeston Department of Public Safety Officer Henry Franklin.

According to the governor’s office , all Missouri and U.S. flags will be flown at half-staff at government buildings in Scott, New Madrid and Mississippi Counties, all police stations, sheriff’s offices and Missouri State Highway Patrol general and troop headquarters across the state on Saturday, October 11 from sunrise to sunset.

“Officer Franklin devoted his life to courageously serving and protecting others, including nearly 20 years in the military, with two tours in Iraq, and over 12 years of service to the City of Sikeston as a member of Sikeston DPS,” Governor Kehoe said in a news release. “Officer Franklin died as he and other of

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