Xavier Walton left KHOU 11 Houston's weekend anchor position a few weeks ago and has already moved to Florida to join cable newser NewsNation as a Miami-based correspondent.
UPDATE OCTOBER 2022
Xavier Walton and Eden Checkol are engaged
Here is what Walton posted on social media:
"These last few weeks I’ve actually missed telling stories & covering news. Way more than expected!
With that said, I’m getting back to work. This time around I’ll be taking on a new challenge. I’ve joined the team at @newsnationnow as a Miami-based correspondent.
I’ve been in Chicago the last few days doing onboarding and getting to know some of my new coworkers.
Excited for this new chapter & bringing an attitude of gratitude. Sky’s the limit"
And he is not the only former KHOU talent who joined the Nexstar Media Group channel. Reporter Janel Forte signed on as NewsNation's Atlanta-based correspondent in spring of 2021. She left the Chicago-based cable news network in April 2022.
Walton is now in the same city as his girlfriend WPLG Local 10 anchor Eden Checkol.
Joining KHOU 11 in September 2019 as an #HTownRush morning anchor, Walton moved to the weekend evening anchor/10pm weekday reporter shift in June 2021 when Kimberly Davis was hired.
He came from the weekend anchor/MMJ role at TEGNA sister-station WCNC Charlotte, North Carolina.
The native Californian graduated from California Lutheran University and got his first TV gig with KTWO 2 Casper, Wyoming where he was an evening anchor/reporter.
