Nixon orders all state flags flown at half-staff for Joplin tornado victims

Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered flags be flown at half-staff statewide on Sunday, May 29, as a show of solemn respect for the families and communities impacted by the Joplin tornado.

By order of the President of the United States, all flags at all State facilities are to be flown at half-staff on Monday, May 30, 2011 until noon that same day in recognition of Memorial Day.