Saying he wants to take a direct role in fixing the national economy, businessman and Wichita Wild owner Wink Hartman formally announced his candidacy for Congress today ... Hartman joins a crowded Republican primary for the seat being vacated by Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, who is running for Senate ... GOP National Committeeman Mike Pompeo, state Sens. Jean Schodorf of Wichita and Dick Kelsey of Goddard, and Wichita businessman Jim Anderson are also seeking the party’s nomination ...
The Wichita Wild has move the date of its final regular-season game in order to accommodate the July 3 New Kids on the Block concert at Hartman Arena ...
Alan Jackson's tour bus arrived in Wichita on Saturday morning despite the weather, and the new Hartman Arena opened as scheduled on Saturday night ... But getting the doors open required a lot of fretting, parking-lot plowing and phone-call fielding for the arena staff, who said a blizzard was the last complication they expected when they scheduled the opening for late March ... The new $18 million arena in Park City, owned by local businessman Wink Hartman, attracted a sold-out crowd for its