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This Northland restaurant oozes Kansas City pride. Here’s the best sandwich on the menu

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September 10, 2024

This Northland restaurant oozes Kansas City pride. Here’s the best sandwich on the menu

When you think of “Charlie Hustle,” you might think of the iconic Kansas City clothing brand or maybe the album by rapper E-40. I think of a chicken sandwich.

The flavorful, spicy and well-balanced sandwich is a culinary revelation for me.

It’s found at a former Subway-turned-biscuit heaven: District Biskuits along North Kansas City’s Armour Boulevard.

At lunchtime on a recent Wednesday, ’90s R&B played indoors and in the shaded outdoor seating area. I sat at the counter facing the window, next to a graphic mural with photos of the food. Customers ranged from young couples to office workers with plastic badges.

Dwight Tiller takes a lunch order from customers on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at District Biskuits in North Kansas City. The restaurant, which opened in 2022, specializes in biscuit sandwiches.

An employee called my name on the loudspeaker to pick up The Charlie Hustle ($13.95), a Nashville hot fried chicken sandwich with hot honey, coleslaw and pickles, with coin-shaped tater tots on the side.

Biting into The Charlie Hustle, I taste sweet, spicy, salty and creamy flavors, all at the same time. The crunchy chicken breading, with that indescribable deep-fried flavor, contrasts with the sticky hot honey and keeps me wanting more.

The sandwich’s paper wrapper barely contains District Biskuits’ signature spicy mayo sauce, into which I dipped my tater tots. I washed down the sandwich with a Troost Juice, a flavored lemonade made in-house, which you can get spiked.

Troost Juice lemonade is available spiked or not, at District Biskuits in North Kansas City. The restaurant, which opened its standalone space in 2022, specializes in biscuit sandwiches.

Owner and chef Guroux Khalifah said District Biskuits’ menu items are named for Kansas City’s “iconic places, people, landmarks,” like its signature sandwich, The Wonder, which references the now-closed Wonder Bread bakery on Troost where Khalifah got snacks as a kid.

While the District Biskuit menu features five sandwiches and other dishes like biscuits and gravy and mac and cheese, The Charlie Hustle is my go-to dish on their menu.

The first time I went to the restaurant, I tried a bite of my friend’s Charlie Hustle and instantly wished I could eat the whole thing. It’s Khalifah’s favorite sandwich, too.

The honey-drizzled Nashville fried chicken is made for The Charlie Hustle, a biscuit sandwich from District Biskuits. The sandwich features Nashville hot fried chicken, hot honey sauce, creamy coleslaw, dill pickles and DB sauce.

The Kansas City native worked at a variety of storied area restaurants — Lidia’s, Bristol Seafood — before starting District Biscuit in 2017 as a pop-up. After a few years inside the now-defunct Adam’s Mark Hotel near the Chiefs’ and Royals’ stadiums, Khalifah opened the standalone restaurant in 2022 at 504 Armour Road.

But why biscuits? Khalifah said that they unite people of many backgrounds.

“Everyone loves a delicious, flaky, buttery, soft, tender biscuit,” Khalifah said.

Large, fluffy, buttermilk buscuits are the basis for the biscuit sandwiches at District Biskuits, which opened in 2022 in North Kansas City.

The restaurant’s recipe is based on Khalifah’s mother biscuits, though he remarked, “They weren’t as good as (District Biskuits’)”.

When he started the restaurant, Khalifah said, “I didn’t worry about perfecting anything, because with time, things get better.”

He’s been refining his unique technique for years by listening to the critiques of his customers.

Now, the food is quite close to perfection. I spoke to one customer who said he has been going to District Biskuits for around five years. He said what keeps him coming back is the biscuit. And I’ll be back, too.

District Biskuits, 504 Armour Road, in North Kansas City specializes in biscuit sandwiches.

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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Friday after Tuesday sub-state wins

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March 4, 2026

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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Friday after Tuesday sub-state wins

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Below is a look at the results from Tuesday night’s high school basketball sub-state semifinals in Northeast Kansas.

Editor’s Note: This story will be updated with what schools are hosting when that information becomes readily available.

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BOYS

5A East Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

KC Washington 68, Highland Park 38
Shawnee Heights 49, De Soto 37 (will play Leavenworth Friday)

5A West Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Topeka West 55, Hutchinson 32 (will play Bishop Carroll Friday)
Emporia 61, Great Bend 41 (will play Maize South Friday)
Seaman 73, Valley Center 51 (will play Hays Friday)

3A West Franklin Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Burlington 60, Osage City 35 (will play Baxter Springs Friday)

3A Sabetha Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Hiawatha 73, Oskaloosa 48 (will play Heritage Christian Friday)
Silver Lake 58, Sabetha 39 (will play Perry-Lecompton Friday 7:30 p.m.)

GIRLS

6A West Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Washburn Rural 60, Wichita South 32 (will play Derby)
Topeka High 69, Maize 45 (will play Liberal)
Manhattan 67, Free State 21 (will play Wichita East)

4A East Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Rock Creek 71, Parsons 23 (will play Tonganoxie)
Wamego 54, Labette County 33 (will play Bishop Miege)
Hayden 2, Athison 0 (will play Baldwin)

2A Eskridge/Mission Valley Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Rossville 71, KC Christian 49 (will play Maur Hill-Mount Academy)
Lyndon 61, Jeff. Co. North 31 (will play Valley Heights)
Valley Heights 65, Doniphan West 41 (will play Lyndon)

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Doe v. State of Kansas | American Civil Liberties Union

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March 3, 2026

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Doe v. State of Kansas | American Civil Liberties Union

In early 2026, the Kansas state legislature passed SB 244, a law which prohibits transgender people from using public restrooms on government property that align with their gender identity and establishes a private right of action that allows anyone who suspects someone is transgender and in violation of the law to sue that person for “damages” totaling $1,000.

The law also invalidates state-issued driver’s licenses with updated gender markers that reflect the carrier’s gender identity. In February 2026, transgender people across the state received letters from the state Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles informing them that their driver’s licenses “will no longer be valid,” effective immediately. SB 244 also prohibits transgender Kansans – or those born in Kansas – from updating the gender marker on state-issued birth certificates and driver’s licenses in the future.

The same day SB 244 went into effect, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Kansas, and Ballard Spahr LLP filed a lawsuit challenging SB 244 in the District Court of Douglas County on behalf of two transgender men who had their driver’s licenses invalidated under the law. The lawsuit charges that SB 244 violates the Kansas Constitution’s protections for personal autonomy, privacy, equality under the law, due process, and freedom of speech.

“The invalidation of state-issued IDs threatens to out transgender people against their will every time they apply for a job, rent an apartment, or interact with police,” said Harper Seldin, Senior Staff Attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Rights Project. “Taken as a whole, SB 244 is a transparent attempt to deny transgender people autonomy over their own identities and push them out of public life altogether.”

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Kansas City man sentenced for cocaine trafficking, possession of illegal firearm

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March 3, 2026

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Kansas City man sentenced for cocaine trafficking, possession of illegal firearm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A Kansas City man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy and possession of an illegal firearm.

According to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, 22-year-old Antoine R. Gillum was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole.

His sentencing stems from a June 2024 incident in a metro gas station. KCPD investigators contacted Gillum inside and found that he had discarded a 9 mm pistol in an aisle between the merchandise. He also discarded a pill bottle containing multiple illegal substances: cocaine base, oxycodone/acetaminophen and oxycodone.

Officers searched the vehicle Gillum had arrived in and found approximately 32 grams of cocaine base.

On May 6, 2025, Gillum pleaded guilty to one count each of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Jennings. It’s a part of ‘Operation Take Back America,’ a nationwide Department of Justice initiative to eliminate cartels and transnational criminal organizations.

No further information has been released.

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