Bill Zeeble
Senior ReporterBill Zeeble has been a full-time reporter at KERA since 1992, covering everything from medicine to the Mavericks and education to environmental issues.
He’s won numerous awards over the years, with top honors from the Dallas Press Club, Texas Medical Association, the Dallas and Texas Bar Associations, the American Diabetes Association and a national health reporting grant from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Zeeble was born in Philadelphia, Pa. and grew up in the nearby suburb of Cherry Hill, NJ, where he became an accomplished timpanist and drummer. Heading to college near Chicago on a scholarship, he fell in love with public radio, working at the college classical/NPR station, and he has pursued public radio ever since.
His first real radio gig was with a classical station in Corpus Christi, where the new Texan was dubbed “Billy Ted”; he was also a manager at WNO-FM in New Orleans.
Several stories he covered on television for KERA 13 helped homeowners avoid losing their homes.
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After a 2019 tornado leveled Walnut Hill Elementary School, Dallas ISD leaders decided to combine it with a nearby middle school – and rebuild the campus to compete for students. -
The Dallas school board will vote later this month to change the name to East Dallas Elementary School. The move follows a New York Times report detailing allegations of sexual assault against the late civil rights leader. -
The Texas Education Agency released Spring 2026 STAAR end-of-course exam scores Wednesday across different grades and five different subjects. The results show academic progress in North Texas and statewide, but some scores remain below pre-COVID 19 levels. — -
The Dallas Childcare Works Coalition wants county commissioners to put a 3% childcare tax on November’s ballot. Voter approval would raise $132 million for childcare, allowing thousands of mothers to rejoin the workforce outside the home. -
Dallas ISD’s Chandra Hooper Barnett is Lincoln High School’s newest principal. But last fall she was removed as principal of Woodrow Wilson High after a controversy involving the school's Black students. -
Job prospects for college grads are worsening, according to recent reports. However, internships, mentoring, and programs at work colleges — including the Dallas HBCU Paul Quinn College — can improve employment odds. -
Unofficial results show voters in Dallas ISD supporting the largest school bond package in Texas history. The district’s $6.2 billion bond election would go toward building replacement schools, eliminating portable classrooms and upgrading technology. Most bond propositions in Arlington and Lancaster ISDs appeared headed toward passage. -
The University of North Texas at Dallas announced its new Trailblazer Tuition Program, which will cover tuition and mandatory fees for students whose families earn less than $100,000 a year. -
A new class is using the video game Minecraft to familiarize pre-med students with a hospital, doctors, patients, symptoms and diagnoses. It helps prepares them for the MCAT – the test needed to enter medical school. -
Dallas ISD’s $6.2 billion bond election — spread over four propositions — is the biggest bond package in Texas history. Arlington and Lancaster ISDs are also holding bond elections on May 2. -
Coppell ISD faced an $8.5 million deficit last year when trustees voted to keep Town Center Elementary open. Officials have since cut spending, halving the deficit, but say more adjustments might be needed. -
Argyle ISD is among the region’s fastest growing school districts. To manage the A-rated district’s expansion without over-building or over-spending, the board just approved a plan reconfiguring schools and the grades they’ll accommodate.
