Blake Hanson
Blake Hanson is a reporter and weekend evening news anchor at Fox 4 News. He joined the station as a reporter in July 2017.
Blake is a proud Minnesotan but "Texan-by-marriage". His wife grew up in Wylie. The two met in the journalism school at the University of Missouri. They married at White Rock Lake in 2016. The two are proud parents to a Dutch Shepherd "Roux" and a hefty cat "Dakota".
Blake became passionate about journalism in high school when watching the work of great writers like Bob Dotson, Boyd Huppert and Steve Hartman. His first full-time reporter job was in New Orleans where he got bit by the "hard news" bug. Blake covered Hurricane Isaac, a power outage that plagued a Super Bowl, as well as the federal corruption trial of a former New Orleans Mayor.
Blake went on to work in Charlotte, North Carolina. His investigative reporting led to the proposal of news laws, exposed that a county wasted tens of thousands of dollars on a security program never implemented & shed light on a local gang with ties to the U.S. Military. He was also a beat reporter covering federal law enforcement and broke dozens of stories on terrorism, espionage and Ponzi scheme cases.
Blake is always looking for the next big story. He can be reached by email at Blake.Hanson@fox.com, via Facebook at facebook.com/BlakeHansonTV and/or via Twitter at twitter.com/BlakeFox4News.
The latest from Blake Hanson
Pornhub shuts down operations to Texas users due to law probing limits of First Amendment
If anyone in Texas tries to log on to Pornhub, they’ll now see a message from the company saying: "We have made the difficult decision to completely disable access to our website in Texas."
Gov. Abbott helps oust anti-voucher incumbents from Texas House
After Gov. Abbott failed to convince a group of mostly rural Republicans to pass school vouchers in mid-November, he followed through with a stronger negotiating tactic on Tuesday by ousting a handful of those opponents from office.
Biden and Trump make trips to Texas to discuss border crisis
The border crisis in Texas was the backdrop for the presidential campaign Thursday.
Texas Panhandle wildfire grows to the second-largest in state history
The Smokehouse Creek Fire in Hutchinson County is now the second-largest wildfire in Texas history.
Audrii Cunningham murder: Sheriff admits they 'dropped the ball' in alleged killer's previous case
The Texas sheriff investigating the murder of 6-year-old Audrii Cunningham admitted in audio obtained by FOX 4 that his department "dropped the ball" in a previous assault case involving her alleged murderer.
What caused the AT&T outage? UT Dallas professor explains his theory
Ravi Prakash, professor of computer sciences at University of Texas at Dallas, has a theory that could explain the cause of the nationwide outage.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces military base at southern border
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the construction of a base camp for nearly 2,000 soldiers on the border.
Dallas police release body camera video of shootout with robbery suspect
Dallas police released new body camera video of a shootout between officers and a robbery suspect.
Man arrested for hit-and-run crash that killed Arlington police officer
A 26-year-old Mississippi man has been arrested for a crash back in September 2023 that resulted in the death of an Arlington police officer.
Religious groups with different agendas heading to Texas' southern border amid border standoff
The situation at the Texas-Mexico border is attracting religious groups from out of state with competing agendas.