Blake Hill
Multimedia Journalist
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Blake Hill was born and raised in Wichita Falls and graduated from Rider High School in 2017. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in English from Midwestern State University in August 2022.
Blake joined the News Channel 6 Team in November 2022 as a multimedia journalist. In his spare time, he enjoys going to the park with his two dogs, Nico and Luna. He is excited to tell stories about the people of Texoma. If you have a local story idea, send him an email to Blake.Hill@KAUZ.com.
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The class of 2023 seniors were cheered on by friends and family as they walked across the stage.
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The community center is over 100-years-old and donations went toward renovation projects for the building.
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The renovations aimed to make families more comfortable, and staff is excited to kick this season off.
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"We’re a family, and we feel like we gonna take care of our guests we treat or guest like family,”
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"That is keeping you in the vehicle with your best chances of survival are."
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"This is something that the court is going to have to decide, not once, but on a regular budgetary basis."
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"I have had people start to tear up when they finally realize, they can get out of their house."
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Both organizations strive in educating everyone on the crisis.
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The fire caused approximately $10,000 in damages.
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"The main thing is that the cars get saved, and the artifacts get saved."
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"They're not immune to being hit by people driving with their cellphones in their face."
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“It’s the community coming together for a cause that is really important."
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Two women had been shot and were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Fire crew responded to a house fire in Wichita Falls that was caused by a lightning strike.
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"The two new scanners were still there in the box, just like we’d received them."
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"Two main places that the average resident interacts with county government, jury duty and taxes."
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This incident is an ongoing investigation with Texas Rangers, stick with News Channel 6 for the latest updates on this situation.
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"It gives them the opportunity to live just outside the city limits but still within five miles of our town.”
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The City Council approved moving $4.7 million tax increment funds to the design and construction of South Wenonah Boulevard, a new road stretching from Maplewood to Kell Freeway.
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The Wichita Falls City Council approved a bid to repave the Lake Wichita parking lot.
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"We’re making a lot of great moves to get everybody back in place.”
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"Because of the King’s birthday everybody has a day off, and people across the street and are outside and just celebrating."
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Due to election laws, Wolf must remain on the ballot, and can be voted for during the election period.
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“We will travel anywhere and any place that will have us, and we’ve done that for over a decade now."
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"For Earth Day we’re talking about how to preserve the world."
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"I hope that people will continue to come just to support all of our vendors here, support our non-profit"
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"We have two different spaces that can either accommodate larger events or smaller events."
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“It’s a very... bigger than yourself experience, so you’re doing something bigger than just a job."
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"That month sounds good enough to table it to try to get the city’s citizens’ input on it."
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“This was a very important part of our goal, our strategic goal to complete the circle trail system."
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“The issue is, right now, we actually only know where there’s one scanner sitting at.”
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“We just love it, we love it... the more the merrier, we have a ball this time every year.”
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"I think back then people around here didn’t really take tornado warnings very seriously."
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"These events give people a chance to do something to enjoy and to have fun."
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“I love how they’re all different and individual and really reflect their personalities."
Those funds will keep Health Department employees sustained for the next four and a half years.
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“Over 80% of the cost for those shield is being covered by grant funding."
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"Maybe the county can afford to pay a higher deductible to lower that premium down."
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"We had over 800 eggs out here and they were gone in about 10 minutes,”
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“It’s meant to be a community experience for everybody."
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"To give back to those that have given so much and sacrificed for this country is more than an honor.”
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“They’re our neighbors, they’re people who make up our community.”
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"We want to go back figure out what we can and answer what questions we can."
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“Those that knew Nick, they know what a special person that he was."
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"I tried it out at my birthday party with a bunch of his friends and they loved it.”
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At the Wichita Falls City Council meeting on March 21, the council approved a new chiller, for storing their vaccines, was approved.
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