Category Archives: KLIF News & Information In The Morning

Student charged with attack on high school staff member

Student charged with attack on high school staff member

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A student at Lake Highlands High School was arrested Friday for allegedly attacking a faculty member with a “tasing device.” The unidentified staff member was intervening in an altercation between students when he or she was attacked. The unidentified student faces felony charges and expulsion. Lake Highlands High School is part of…MORE

Crane wreckage removed from Dallas apartment complex

Crane wreckage removed from Dallas apartment complex

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The wreckage of a crane that fell on an Old East Dallas apartment complex June 9 has finally been removed from the building. The management of Elan City Lights apartments made the announcement Friday. The work was slowed by official investigations, and what the crane operator described as the need to prioritize…MORE

Old uptown Dallas office building imploded

Old uptown Dallas office building imploded

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Another vacant office building was turned into a pile of rubble Sunday morning in uptown Dallas. The old Republic Insurance building on Turtle Creek Boulevard near “The Mansion” was blown down by a series of powerful explosions. What is now a pile of rubble will be replaced by a 14 story complex…MORE

Funeral services, memorial set for T. Boone Pickens

Funeral services, memorial set for T. Boone Pickens

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) – A public memorial is planned at Oklahoma State University to honor the late T. Boone Pickens, who donated hundreds of millions of dollars to his alma mater during his lifetime. Pickens died Wednesday in Dallas at age 91. OSU says the university will honor Pickens on Sept. 25 at Gallagher-Iba Arena…MORE

A Dallas man has attacked a famous New York City statue

A Dallas man has attacked a famous New York City statue

New York City (WBAP/KLIF) – Wall Street’s famous charging bull statue has been vandalized by a man from Dallas. According to eyewitnesses 42 year old Tevon Varlack was muttering profanities when he repeatedly slammed some sort of heavy weapon or tool against the head of the three and a half ton bronze sculpture in Manhattan’s…MORE