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An annual suicide awareness and prevention walk is planned for Saturday (Sept. 16) in honor of 16-year-old Whitley County High School student Bethany Faith Lawson, who took her own life in 2018. “Bethany’s Hope would like to invite you to come walk with us. Help us spread the...

About 100 people turned out for the recent inaugural Out of The Darkness Walk , which was hosted by the University of the Cumberlands Nursing Program to raise awareness about suicide. The event raised over $1,400 that will go to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention...

In August 2018, 16-year-old Bethany Faith Lawson was a sophomore at Whitley County High School, who loved horses, liked to model, was artistic and passionate about rescuing animals. Then over the course of a 24-hour time period, she became one of three people, and one of two...

Melissa Lawson knows a little something about suicide. Less than two months ago, her 16-year-old daughter, Bethany Faith Lawson, killed herself. “I just want everybody out there to know it is OK to not be OK. It is OK to ask for help,” Melissa Lawson told a crowd of about 150...

In the wake of one 24-hour period in August where three people died in Whitley County from apparent self-inflicted injuries, including two teenagers, the topic of suicide and more specifically suicide prevention has taken on new meaning for many people. “September is national...