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
Groundhog Day 2026: Here’s what the Texas animal prognosticators predicted
While people up north turned to a groundhog to predict the weather Monday, people in the much warmer climes of Texas looked to animals of a different stripe.
UIL Realignment 2026: Here are the biggest moves for Texas high school sports
Monday was Realignment Day for high school sports in Texas as the University Interscholastic League released its list of division compositions that will govern matchups for the next two years.
10-year-old girl critically injured in San Antonio road-rage shooting
A 10-year-old girl was critically injured in a road-rage shooting in San Antonio on Friday morning, according to police.
Austin winter storm: Freezing rain chances increasing as bitter cold arrives
Saturday started with thunder and heavy rain, but arctic air rushing in behind those storms is quickly turning liquid precipitation into the frozen variety.
ERCOT says Texas power grid ready for possible winter storm this week
The possibility of a winter storm impacting Texas this week has some residents nervous about a repeat of a 2021 winter storm that turned deadly when millions across the state lost power for days at a time.
Texas wildfire activity expected to increase as drought devours state
Wildfire activity is expected to increase across Texas for the remainder of winter and into spring as drought spreads.
Texas voters worried about health care costs as midterm primary approaches
The cost of health care is top of mind for Texas voters as they prepare to head to the polls during the consequential midterm election this year.
Man accused in 2 shootings just hours apart in Lubbock
One man has been arrested in connection with a pair of shootings in Lubbock earlier this week that happened within hours of each other and left one person injured.
Uvalde school shooting trial: Judge denies mistrial motion after 'discrepancies' in teacher's testimony
A judge presiding over the trial of a former school police officer charged after the deadly 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, denied a motion by his attorneys Wednesday for a mistrial.
Abbott demands Mexico extradite suspect in Texas commissioner’s slaying
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has demanded that Mexico extradite the suspect named in the shooting death of a state commissioner over the weekend.