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Excessive alcohol use is responsible for more than 140,000 deaths in the United States each year and it shortens the lives of those who die by an average of 26 years, according to statistics.Excessive alcohol use was associated with an economic cost of $249 billion in 2010.

Kingfisher High School seniors Xavier Ridenour and Emily Myers are the April 2023 Junior Lions.The two were guests at recent meetings of the Kingfi sher Lions Club.Ridenour is the son of Travis and Angelita Ridenour.

Marriage LicensesKingfisher County Court Clerk Lisa Markus issued marriage licenses recently to the following couples: April 4: Daniel Clay Jensen, 39, and Dania Martinez Jaramillo, 34, both of Hennessey.April 10: Jack Brian Leitner, 53, and Heather Michelle Jones, 48, both of Okarche.

Seventeen Hennessey community volunteers, business owners and teachers were recognized Thursday during the 2023 Red Carpet Night in the Ortman Auditorium at the Hennessey Public Library.

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department:April 6, 11:25 a.m. At 200 W. Starlite Drive.Ferdinand Cross, 62, Kingfisher, driving a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado, was parked in a northbound parking space in the Walmart parking lot.

Four Kingfisher High School seniors were guests recently at a meeting of the Kingfisher Rotary Club.Joining the local civic group were Jax Sternberger, Wrigley Kennedy, Harrison Evans and Noah Friesen.Sternberger is the son of Jason and Jackie Sternberger.

Food, shopping, music, kid stuff and lots of cars (old and new) will fill Hennessey’s Main Street Sunday afternoon, April 23.That’s when Cruis’n Oklahoma returns to share about 1,300 of their vehicles and want others to show their cars, too.

Applications for the 2023-24 Agriculture Youth Council are now available for Oklahoma high school students entering their senior year in the fall of 2023.Applications are due by 5 p.m. Friday, April 28, 2023.Applications are available at https://ag.ok.gov/ agriculture- youth- council/.

Kingfisher County commissioners extended the county burn ban for two more weeks Monday at their weekly meeting.The new ban will end Monday, May 1.

Chisholm Trail Technology Center continues to widen its reach - both in programs and in school districts.Thomas-Fay-Custer voters overwhelmingly approved a proposition on April 4 to have that school district annexed into the Chisholm Trail Technology Center district.