Flags lowered through Wednesday

United States and Illinois flags are to be flown at half-staff from sunrise, Monday, November 8, 2010 until sunset, Wednesday, November 10, 2010, to honor the late Private First Class Andrew N. Meari, United States Army, whose hometown was Plainfield, Illinois.

PFC Meari, 21, died last Monday, when his unit was attacked in Kandahar, Afghanistan.