Tag: Suicide

Suicide resulting from bullying is a growing problem. Learn to recognize the warning signs and what parents and others can do. Nationally, suicide is the...

CULLMAN, Ala. – The man taken to an area hospital late Friday night, Oct. 25 after attempting suicide in the Cullman County Detention Center...

MONTGOMERY – Every year, mental health organizations and individuals in the U.S. and around the world raise awareness of suicide prevention during September, National...

Karma in Cullman Founder Rachel Bryant, right, a suicide attempt survivor, embraces her daughter Jade as the DJ plays “Jesus, Take the Wheel” Saturday...

Cook Ministries Director Karen Cook and suicide attempt survivor Korey Burris, the special guest speaker at Friday evening’s leadership prayer event at the Cullman...

Participants in last year’s walk placed photos of lost loved ones on a memory board by the Depot Park fountain.  The board will be...

Suicide attempt survivor, speaker and founder of the online support group “Suicide Prevention and God’s Helpers” Korey Burris (contributed) CULLMAN - September is Suicide Prevention...

Karen Cook, founder of Cook Ministries, records a video of Justin Lynch, co-founder of Preventive Action of Cullman, during an Igniting Hope event at...

CULLMAN - When it saw the increased number of suicides in Cullman County in 2017, a small group of concerned citizens started looking for...

The home where the incident occurred, seen here Monday morning, Nov. 13, 2017,  is located in the Carrol Acres subdivision on the southeast side...

Participants attached photos of lost loved ones to a memorial placard by the Depot Park fountain during Karma in Cullman’s Suicide Awareness Walk in...

Participants attached photos of lost loved ones to a memorial placard by the Depot Park fountain. / W.C. Mann CULLMAN - Any number of suicides...

Coordinator Ron Lamon addresses participants before the awareness walk. / W.C. Mann CULLMAN - On Saturday morning, groups from around north Alabama gathered in downtown...

Chris Van Dyke, executive director of the Cullman Mental Health Authority/Mental Healthcare of Cullman CULLMAN - For our last installment on mental health and...

CULLMAN - In our continuing series on suicide and mental health, the Tribune sat down with Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry to get his...

CULLMAN - Continuing our series on the suicide crisis in Cullman County, the Tribune sat down with the Cullman County Board of Education's (CCBOE)...

CULLMAN COUNTY - Local authorities were involved in a multi-county vehicle pursuit early Friday morning, and it ended in the suspect allegedly wrecking his...

Nate Spicer was only 17 years old when he took his own life. Note: The Tribune does not and will not solicit stories from families...

CULLMAN COUNTY - The Cullman area is suffering an onslaught of a terrifying tragedy.  According to Cullman County Coroner Jeremy L. Kilpatrick, the county...

CULLMAN - Mental Healthcare of Cullman hosted a town hall meeting at the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday which brought to the...

Unfortunately, 20 years in the funeral industry never prepared me for my brother’s death.” Karen Cook   CULLMAN – Sometimes we tend to overlook the things our...

CULLMAN - In the early hours of Thursday morning, Jeremy Kilpatrick wrote and posted a plea on his Cullman County Coroner’s Office Facebook page...

An open letter from Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick There are dark times and then there are great times. Sometimes the dark outweighs the great....

Though the chaos didn’t immediately go away, it became easier to deal with. I had a friend. For the first time in my life,...