Authorities are still sorting through the circumstances that led to the suicide of a 74-year-old man Sunday evening at Friendship Manor, a facility on Van Voorhis Road that caters to the elderly. The man, whose 96-year-old father is a resident there, died from a single gunshot wound, Chief ...
by Stephen J. Lyons EDITOR'S NOTE: If you or a loved one is experiencing mental health difficulties, help is available. Call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Recently, my suicidal 15-year-old grandson ingested and smoked a cocktail of several drugs. His loving ...
The crisis counselors who answer West Virginia’s Suicide and Crisis Lifeline want to spread the message that everyone has a role in suicide prevention. On average, one person dies by suicide every 22 hours in the state. Terrance Hamm, Director of West Virginia’s Suicide and Crisis ...
Fund 988 hotline to help prevent suicide September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. As a volunteer advocate with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, I am calling on my members of Congress to pass legislation to prevent suicides and support crisis care. Suicide ...
First, the supermarket shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., that left 10 dead. Second, the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 kids and two teachers dead. Finally, the medical center shooting in Tulsa, Okla., that left four dead. The first thing we’d like to say, as fellow ...