Andy Schepis McGinnis

Must use up zucchini & squash soon. Prob have to break out a pan tonight.

😂 yep quite the mess

From the bag.

😂 Feel ya. Had petite carrots last night.

Update on 🇨🇩DRC from my uncle in Kinshasa. While we have much going on here, it is still a big, wide world. We are but a small planet, & what happens in one place affects us all. The words he shares are honest, & may be brutal, but they may also offer some small bit of solace, if not hope. 🙏🏼🕊️💜

Kiowa couple among 67 killed in plane crash near DC airport A man and a woman from Kiowa are among the 67 dead following Wednesday night’s mid-air collision near Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Airport involving American Airlines flight 5342 out of Wichita a...

“Instead of taking their money & going & buying a car, which they had their full right to do, they said, ‘We want to help kids that we don’t even know,’”Simpson said. You just don’t find people like that, & then don’t want any recognition, “Don’t put my name on a plaque.” That’s just who they were.”

🙏🏼💜 Lori & Bob Schrock were heading to visit their daughter who attends Villanova.
📷: Their canola field at sunrise near Kiowa, Kansas. Jeff Frazier shared these with me this past spring. He says he was a phenomenal producer who will be greatly missed by many in the ag community.
~ Frank Waugh, KAKE

Wichita college student in deadly plane crash had ‘keen interest in helping others’ She was flying back to school after her grandfather’s funeral.

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20-Year-Old Kansas Woman Died in American Airlines Crash Over D.C. After Returning Home for Grandfather's Funeral, Dad Says Grace Maxwell, a Cedarville University student, was one of the 60 passengers on the American Airlines regional passenger jet that collided mid-air with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter above the Poto...

🙏🏼💜 Grace Maxwell
”‘Grace was scheduled to serve on a project team this semester that would begin to create a hand-stabilizing device for a differently enabled Dayton boy so he could feed himself rather than relying on others.”

Internship in Obama White House: The Thrill of a Young Lifetime Kiah Duggins spent four months in the White House as an intern and ranks it as the experience of her lifetime. Sure, she’s just 22, but that doesn’t matter. Spending […]

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Internship in Obama White House: The Thrill of a Young Lifetime Kiah Duggins spent four months in the White House as an intern and ranks it as the experience of her lifetime. Sure, she’s just 22, but that doesn’t matter. Spending […]

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'A brave and beautiful soul': Civil rights attorney, East High grad among plane crash victims Kiah Duggins, 30, graduated from East High and Wichita State University before going on to earn her law degree from Harvard Law School.

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Civil rights attorney, former Miss Kansas contestant killed in plane crash near DC airport As families and communities identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., we’re learning that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among t...

We’ve known, but this now coming out on local news.
🙏🏼💜

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Civil rights attorney, former Miss Kansas contestant killed in plane crash near DC airport As families and communities identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., we’re learning that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among t...

And Harvard Law School Graduate 🙏🏼💜

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ICT Together at WF A community-led response to support those affected by this evolving tragedy. Managed by the Wichita Foundation, this fund will provide aid to impacted families and local efforts, adapting to meet the ...

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💜 Link ⬇️

Yes, sadly gave people false hope. Apparently being first is more important than being accurate. Radio chatter from first responders that is not confirmed by 2nd and 3rd sources is not journalism. But what do I know. (FWIW, I think the reports were from McClatchy, not Wichita reporters.)

Sadly, this reporting wasn’t confirmed and changed over the course of three hours last night. Reporting no presumed survivors this morning.

Young figure skaters, coaches were reportedly on plane from Wichita that crashed in DC After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, some young athletes stayed a couple of additional days for further development.

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One degree of separation.😢

Yes. Horrible. No answers yet. Eagle reported that first responders had rescued at least 8 people by 9:15p. 🙏🏼

Oh, no 🙏🏼

Ogallala Aquifer drops by more than a foot in parts of western Kansas • Kansas Reflector The Kansas Geological Survey presented preliminary measurements to state legislators showing a drop in water levels in the Ogallala Aquifer.

Ogallala Aquifer drops by more than a foot in parts of western Kansas | via @allisonkite.bsky.social #ksleg

Comedian Roy Wood Jr.

“You have to be very intentional about when you decide to consumer the things that you feel are corroding your peace,” actor and comedian Roy Wood Jr. advised when asked how people can avoid getting emotionally overwhelmed by headlines in 2025.

🇨🇩🙏🏼

He waited to leave until after snow storms passed Kansas. He’s now back to school in New York. 🥹😊💜

My great, great uncle taught at the same college.😆

Join BU’s 11th President, Melissa Gilliam, for an inside look at her day as she leads and connects with the students, faculty, and staff in #TerrierTown. 🐾 ❤️ #fyp #boston #DIML TikTok video by Boston University

♥️🤍🖤

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Have you been here? The view serves as a reminder of what we are working to protect.

Kansas sunsets are something. Mom took this a week ago. Focusing on beauty for now.🌻