Aaron Barker
Aaron Barker is the Texas Regional Digital Content Director for FOX Local. He joined the Dallas-based team in 2025.
An award-winning journalist and meteorologist, Aaron came to FOX Local from FOX Weather, where he served as a senior digital content producer.
Aaron spent nearly a decade in Houston before moving to Dallas. While there, he covered historic events like Hurricane Harvey, Tropical Storm Imelda and the Great Texas Freeze.
A Mississippi State alumnus, Aaron spends his free time practicing photography, seeking out the best Texas barbecue and hanging out with his dachshund-beagle mix, Addison.
The latest from Aaron Barker
Texas jobless rate ticks down in August but sits higher than national rate
The unemployment rate in Texas ticked down slightly in August, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Who leads 2026 Texas Senate race? Paxton vs. Talarico poll tracker
Polls have shown the hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Texas is in a dead heat.
Diesel fuel nears $6 in Texas as price hits record high
Diesel fuel prices have hit a record high in Texas as the cost-per-gallon approaches $6.
Snow for Texas? What kind of winter the almanacs are predicting this year
While Texas swelters in late summer heat, the almanacs are already looking ahead to the colder times to come.
Labor Day travel: Texas gas prices jump nearly $1 from last summer
Millions of people are taking to the highways this Labor Day weekend for their final getaway of the summer, but those road trips are going to cost more this year.
8 people found trapped in rail car near Texas border
Eight people were found trapped inside a rail car near the Texas border this week.
Labor Day travel: Texas troopers launching weekend traffic crackdown
You’ll notice more cops on Texas roads during Labor Day weekend.
Earthquake rattles Texas town
An earthquake shook a Texas town on Tuesday.
Government, opponents of Big Bend border wall project agree to pause
The project aimed at building a border wall in Big Bend National Park has been paused after a hearing in San Antonio on Friday.
$12M seized, 6 arrested in historic Texas oil theft ring bust
Six people have been arrested and about $12 million in assets have been seized as part of an investigation into an oil-theft ring in West Texas.