Eighth Annual Hill County Suicide Awareness Walk set for Thursday

The Hill County Local Advisory Council on Behavioral Health has announced that the Eighth Annual Hill County Suicide Awareness Walk is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 15.

This is an event that the LAC and it's members have been promoting for years and seeks to raise awareness about suicide as an issue and destigmatize seeking help for mental and behavioral health issues that can push a person toward suicidal ideation.

The LAC in general seeks to destigmatize mental and behavioral health in general and this walk is one of the ways they do that.

"As in years past, we will gather around the c...