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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Richardson Superintendent Tabitha Branum says the closures are the only option to avoid a $28.5 million deficit. But prior to the vote, more than two dozen frustrated parents and students urged trustees to reject the plan.
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Northwest ISD parents and the school board president defended the middle school teacher whose home and campus were sent hoax bomb threats last week after a post on Libs of TikTok. Meanwhile in Lewisville ISD, speakers once again spoke in support of a teacher targeted for wearing a dress at school.
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Hoax bomb threats against a teacher at home and the Northwest Independent School District campus she works at led to investigations this week by local and federal authorities. The school district was closed for spring break, so officials suspect the perpetrator was not local.
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Dallas Stars unveil larger-than-life statue of Mike Modano, who helped team win its only Stanley CupPostponed because of rain, the Dallas Stars hockey team unveiled the Mike Modano statue during the first intermission of Saturday’s sold-out game against Los Angeles.
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A letter from the NAACP to current and prospective NCAA athletes urges them to shun mostly white schools in Florida that have dismantled DEI programs under a new state law similar to one passed in Texas.
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Hebron High School chemistry teacher Rachmad Tjachyadi has resigned, saying the negativity from outside Lewisville ISD took a toll. A review by the district found Tjachyadi didn’t violate any policies when he wore a dress to the school’s Spirit Day.
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Districts are considering closing schools, increasing class sizes and other cost-cutting measures as they face major budget shortfalls.
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Protesters say Rachmad Tjachyadi was not only open to all and effective in the classroom, he sponsored the school’s gay-straight alliance. They accused administrators of human rights violations.
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LaKashia Wallace says she's still trying to repair the property she listed as her residence on her candidate filing. A legal expert says that holds up to any challenges.
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The district says a lack of state funding, high inflation and falling enrollment have left it with a looming $28.5 million deficit.
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Experts in the first Equity Summit, presented by the advocacy non-profit Children at Risk, said low-income students and students of color have unequal access to good health care, nutrition, quality housing and education.
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Superintendent Tabitha Branum said RISD has 9,000 empty seats, hasn’t received additional funding from the legislature in years, and, like every Texas district, has had to deal with dramatically rising inflation. “All are reasons we are considering a variety of budget reductions and enhancements, including elementary school consolidations.”