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
Gov. Greg Abbott tries to unite Texas Republicans at party convention
Recent polling shows Texas Republican voters greatly energized by topics like the border, abortion and the economy. What’s still unclear is how much of a role the Uvalde shooting might play in shifting the electorate heading into November.
Uvalde school police chief says he’s still cooperating with DPS investigation
The school district police chief who served as on-site commander during last week's deadly shooting in Uvalde said Wednesday that he's talking daily with investigators, contradicting claims from state law enforcement that he's stopped cooperating.
Will any changes be made in wake of another mass shooting in Texas?
In the wake of Tuesday’s deadly school shooting in Uvalde, the state’s Republican leaders are already facing questions about whether enough was done after past mass shootings.
Health officials say North Texans should be aware of recent rise in COVID-19 cases
Experts said it’s not cause for alarm, but the recent rise of COVID-19 cases in North Texas is worth paying attention to in the coming weeks.
New details released about Dallas police officer arrested for child sex assault
Police records show that the latest alleged sexual assault victim of a Dallas Police Department officer was 14 years old at the time and someone he met through his job as a cop.
New evidence points to Koreatown shooting as a possible hate crime, Dallas police say
After immediately claiming there was no evidence that a shooting earlier this week at an Asian-owned business was a hate crime, Dallas police have flipped and now say there is evidence it may have been. The police chief described three crimes that appear to be the work of a serial shooter.
ERCOT warns of record energy demand with triple-digit temps next week
Right now, next Monday and Thursday are already looking like days when the peak heating might push us over the record. It’s still no major concerns about reliability, but it’s putting attention back on facets of our energy ecosystem that are still not improved.
Rural Hunt, Collin County residents fed up with constant power outages
People in one area of North Texas are tired of having to deal with losing power more than 20 times a year.
Holocaust survivor Max Glauben, who helped establish Dallas' Holocaust museum, dies at 94
Max Glauben spent decades sharing his story at speaking engagements and advocating for a permanent memorial in Dallas.
Florida man arrested in 2016 killing of prominent Dallas lawyer Ira Tobolowsky
Police in Florida have made an arrest for the 2016 murder of prominent Dallas attorney Ira Tobolowsky.