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Matt Lakin

Title: Reporter
Department: Editorial/News
Contact: 865-342-6306 | Send Matt an email

About Matt Lakin

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Biography

Matt Lakin covers police and military affairs. He has worked for the News Sentinel since 2006.

Position History

Reporter
Editorial/News
06/25/2007 - current

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'It looked like a parked car to me': Trooper defends actions in chase, fatal wreck Updated 02/07/2012 at 7:52 p.m.
Don't believe the lying camera. Believe me. Trooper Charles Van Morgan admitted the video looked bad and the wreck looked worse, but he insisted the camera didn't tell the whole story.
Slow process: City hoping to find solution to Prosser Road flooding Updated 02/06/2012 at 7:16 p.m.
Don't try it. Those barricades on Prosser Road still mean business, and so does the standing water.
THP: Trooper deliberately drove past fatal wreck after chase Published 02/01/2012 at 9 p.m.
The trooper grabbed his gear and ran to the blazing car — not to save a life, but to put on a show. "I got out and got my fire extinguisher just to make it look good," Trooper Charles Van ...
Ex-UT professor J. Reece Roth reports to federal prison Updated 02/01/2012 at 6:04 p.m.
A former University of Tennessee professor has begun serving his federal prison sentence for mishandling secret military technology.
Lawsuit: Trooper negligent in chase, wreck that killed Knox man Published 01/31/2012 at 9:08 p.m.
While the driver he chased lay dying inside a burning car, the state trooper kept going.
Knoxville woman pleads guilty to mail fraud in embezzling scheme Published 01/31/2012 at 7:28 p.m.
A former Knoxville legal assistant pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling more than $180,000 from her former employer.
Stacey Campfield outrage fueling online posts, petitions Published 01/31/2012 at 4 a.m.
Outrage over state Sen. Stacey Campfield's remarks on AIDS could be leading to a recall movement — even though state law won't recognize any such effort.
Bistro at the Bijou owner boots, bans state Sen. Stacey Campfield for AIDS remarks Updated 01/30/2012 at 8:12 p.m.
Don't say Campfield — not at this downtown dining spot.
Lucy Curtis Templeton first female staffer at Knoxville Sentinel Published 01/29/2012 at 4 a.m.
Lucy Curtis Templeton learned the value of good sources early. She earned her chops at the Sentinel when she dashed across the street one day and bounded back with a bottle of whiskey for a printer who'd collapsed.
Notorious outlaw, notable invention among biggest stories for Sentinel in new century Published 01/29/2012 at 4 a.m.
Bad guys can't stand a camera, then or now. The man in handcuffs balked as soon as he saw the photographer waiting for him in the jail office. "You have got no use for my picture," he snapped.