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Flags fly half-staff in KS for late Rep. Jennings

By Brian Hagen

10/27/2021

(MSC News)--Flags are flying at half-staff across Kansas in honor of Kansas Representative Russ Jennings, who died Wednesday at the age of 66.

State-wide media is reporting that Jennings, of Lakin, Kansas, died three months after he publicly announced he had been diagnosed with cancer.
Kelly, in a release, calls for all flags flown on state buildings, grounds, and facilities, to be flown at half-staff from now until sundown Sunday.

Jennings represented Kansas House District 122 since 2013.

Kelly, in the release, says Jennings’ “commitment to public service, his mastery of the subject matter, and his boundless tenacity made him a natural leader, well-respected by his colleagues and his constituents.”

Prior to being elected to the Kansas House of Representatives, Representative Jennings served as a deputy sheriff in Kearny County, director of the Southwest Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Center, a district magistrate judge and as a member of the Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority.

Among Jennings’ survivors are his wife, Judy, and children.

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