In response to a devastating post on postsecret.com that broadcasted an anonymous person’s plan to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge to end his/her life, Kimberly Furnell created the Facebook page “Please Don’t Jump.” Furnell felt she had to do something to get through to the blogger after view

There’s no doubt about it: suicide in Wyoming is a serious problem. But not everyone is keeping quiet about it. Within the last five years, BJ Ayers lost two sons to suicide leaving her and her husband heartbroken and with only one living son, Blair. Ayers refuses to let youth suicide go unnoticed, however, and has since started a foundation called Grace for 2 Brothers.

News broke June 5 that reality TV personality Tila Tequila (allegedly) attempted suicide. No one can be quite sure whether she is having legitimate suicidal thoughts or whether the entire thing was just a hoax.

Folks in Johnson County should have a new (actually reinvigorated) suicide prevention resource soon. And it sounds like it can’t come soon enough, as there have been four suicides in the last half-year. There were zero in 2008 and 2009.