January 14, 2021
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The Western Athletic Conference announced Thursday that five universities have accepted membership invitation effective July 1, 2022.
Abilene Christian University, Lamar University, Sam Houston State University, Stephen F. Austin State University and Southern Utah University become the WAC s new members. The WAC is on track to have 13 full-time members in 2022-23 following the departure of Chicago State on June 30, 2022.
Four of the institutions – Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin – are in Texas and currently are members of the Southland Conference. The fifth, Southern Utah, is currently a member of the Big Sky Conference.
As president of Seattle University and as chair of the Western Athletic Conference Board of Directors, I am pleased to be joining in the announcement of the expansion of the conference, said Seattle U President Stephen Sundborg, S.J. The addition of these five exceptionally strong universi
WAC officially announces expansion involving SFA Athletics starting in July SFA will join the WAC on July 1. (Source: KTRE) By Caleb Beames | January 14, 2021 at 11:18 AM CST - Updated January 14 at 10:50 PM
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRE) - The worst-kept secret in college sports the past month was made official Thursday morning in Houston.
The Western Athletic Conference officially announced the addition of Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston State, Lamar University and Abilene Christian University to the league. The move will take SFA away from the Southland Conference, ending a membership of 33 years.
The change of membership for the “Texas 4″ will take place on July 1 of this summer. That is a year earlier than what was first reported back in December when SFA president Scott Gordon entered negotiations with the WAC for a conference-change taking place in July 2022.
Body of missing man Corbin Stiefer found underneath Toll 49
Corbin Stiefer Found Dead By Dante Nuñez | January 13, 2021 at 6:53 PM CST - Updated January 13 at 7:08 PM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - After days of searching for 21-year-old Corbin Stiefer, authorities say his body has been found.
Six days later on Tuesday evening, January 12, authorities found his missing red 2014 Mazda on the west side of Tyler, just north of the regional airport. Authorities conducted a search and found Stieferâs body on Toll 49 in Tyler. He was located about one hundred yards from his vehicle.
Right now, Tyler police are not saying what was his cause of death.
Taylor County now has recorded 232 COVID-related deaths.
The county also reported that the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19 surpassed 10,000 to 10,070 (4,605 polymerase chain reaction cases and 5,465 antigen cases).
The deceased are:
Woman in her 50s with preexisting conditions
Man in his 60s with unknown medical predisposition
Woman in her 40s with unknown medical predisposition
Woman in her 70s with preexisting conditions
Woman in her 60s with unknown medical predisposition
The average age of the deceased since the first reported death is 75.
Of the 184 new cases, 66 are based on PCR tests and 118 on antigen tests.
Active cases total 2,530 (1108 PCR cases and 1,422 antigen cases). A week ago on Jan. 7, the number of active cases was 2,066.