{"id":206816,"date":"2026-05-31T12:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/206816\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T12:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:39:23","slug":"pennsylvania-flags-ordered-to-be-at-half-staff-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/206816\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania flags ordered to be at half-staff; Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(WHTM) \u2014 Governor Shapiro ordered all Pennsylvania flags to be at half-staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Governor Shapiro announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/18iDGkRCWW\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Facebook;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> on May 30 that all U.S. and Pennsylvania flags on all Commonwealth grounds will fly at half-staff to honor fallen Central Berks Regional Police Officer Kristen Yeager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe women and men who wear the uniform put their lives on the line every day to keep our communities safe, and we owe them our deepest gratitude,\u201d Shapiro said in a statement. \u201cOur hearts are with her loved ones and the entire Central Berks Regional Police family as they recover from this tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"#sailthru-signup-widget\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Close;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Close&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch for us in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Subscribe Now<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officer Yeager was declared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/pennsylvania-police-officer-killed-while-130654090.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:deceased;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;deceased&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">deceased<\/a> on May 30 at 12:23 a.m. while in the line of duty, according to a statement from her department. Little details on the incident were released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019ve ordered U.S. and Pennsylvania flags on all Commonwealth grounds to fly at half staff in honor of her memory \u2014 may it forever be a blessing,\u201d Shapiro added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc27.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to ABC27.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to ABC27.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to ABC27. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WHTM) \u2014 Governor Shapiro ordered all Pennsylvania flags to be at half-staff. Governor Shapiro announced on Facebook on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[57179,90722,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-206816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-half-staff","tag-kristen-yeager","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}