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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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. -
The new Texas Senate Bill 546 requires three-point seat belts on school buses by September 2029. But in less than two months, every Texas school board must report - to the Texas Education Agency - costs needed to comply with the law. For some districts, it could be in the millions. -
Keller ISD could close four schools next year to save money. The district is facing tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue due to continued enrollment declines. -
Twenty of the nation’s top high school bands are going to New York City’s Essentially Ellington Jazz Band Competition and Festival later this month, including Carroll Senior High’s jazz orchestra. It’s a rare honor for the band, picked from more than 100 hopefuls. -
Pre-kindergarten classes for 3- and 4-year-olds will be free for all Dallas Independent School District students beginning next year. Up to now, pre-K has only been free to select students, including those in low-income families or with military parents. -
More than 48,000 Dallas ISD students will take the same field trips across the same grades. It's a move new to the district. STEM oriented nonprofit Lyda Hill Philanthropies’ $250,000 grant is making it possible. -
Texas families have until midnight Tuesday to apply for newly created Texas Education Freedom Accounts, which use public funds to pay for private schooling. -
Dallas school and city leaders say the historic $6.2 billion bond on the May 2 ballot would continue progress the district has been making after the passage of bond packages in 2015 and 2020. -
School districts across North Texas are losing students and closing campuses. But others are building new ones to keep up with rapid growth. -
The University of Texas System Board of Regents this week will consider how controversial topics are taught. It’s a move driven by conservative new laws that critics say target LGBTQ+ students and DEI programs.
