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@foxtv.com, via Facebook at facebook.com/BlakeHansonTV and/or via Twitter at twitter.com/BlakeFox4News.
The latest from Blake Hanson
Dallas sees surge in demand for COVID-19 vaccine registration
Hundreds of people lined up in Oak Cliff Friday to register for an appointment to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
DeSoto native, Broncos linebacker Von Miller investigated over domestic violence allegations
Denver Broncos star linebacker and DeSoto native Von Miller is under investigation for alleged domestic violence.
North Texas U.S. House members vote along party lines on 2nd Trump impeachment
Local U.S. House Republicans who voted were against the measure while all of the North Texas Democrats were for impeaching Trump. The final count was 232 to 197 in favor of the single article of impeachment on “incitement of insurrection.”
Texas plans to roll out more COVID-19 vaccine doses to local communities in the coming weeks
Texas is adjusting how it rolls the COVID-19 vaccines out to local communities to try to expedite vaccinations.
Dallas, Tarrant counties report record high COVID-19 hospitalizations
There are 996 COVID patients hospitalized in Tarrant County and Dallas County had 838 reported on Wednesday.
Firefighters hold special graduation parade for daughter of fallen Dallas firefighter
The drive-thru graduation parade has become a hallmark of 2020, but the firepower at Breyana Moore-Davis’ stood out thanks to the brother and sisterhood of firefighters.
Some North Texas hospitals have received the supplies to administer COVID-19 vaccine
Thursday was an exciting morning at some hospitals across the Metroplex, where shipments arrived filled with supplies that will be used to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
Dallas County reports second highest number of COVID-19 deaths in single day
“The deaths we report today are a direct correlation to the high number of cases reported several weeks ago,” said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
North Texas hospitals to receive 52,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
About 50,000 will go to hospitals in North Texas. The vast majority of those will go to Dallas and Tarrant County hospitals.
COVID cases across North Texas hospitals stay above 15% for second straight day
Area health officials say for the second day in a row on Wednesday, virus patients occupy more than 15% of hospital beds for the North Texas 19-county hospital region.