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Steve Ahillen

Title: Data/Investigative Editor
Department: Editorial/News
Contact: 865-342-6364 | Send Steve an email

About Steve Ahillen

Biography

Steve Ahillen started at the News Sentinel in 1980. His first job was as a copy editor-reporter in the sports department. He was promoted first to assistant sports editor then executive sports editor. In March 2010 he was named to the new position of data editor and shortly thereafter also named Sunday editor.
Steve Ahillen

Position History

  • Data/Investigative Editor
    Editorial/News
    02/18/2010 - current
  • Executive Sports Editor
    Editorial/Sports
    06/15/2007 - 02/18/2010

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Recent Work

  • Teamwork paid in catching Knox serial arsonists Published 04/14/2013 at 4 a.m.

    Danny Beeler says he’s “been in on many arson investigations that worked, but none as well.” Beeler, Knoxville Fire Department assistant chief, was referring to the solving of a serial arson case that occurred around Halloween 2012 in Knoxville and ...

  • 'Khan! Khan!' A pop culture note on storm Khan Published 01/25/2013 at 1:53 p.m.

    With Friday's ice storm raging, many East Tennesseans likely found themselves screaming "Khan! Khan!" much like William Shatner in the Star Trek movie.

  • Weather blamed for uptick in Tennessee road fatalities Published 01/13/2013 at 4 a.m.

    The Knoxville Police Department report read like a recipe for disaster and, not surprisingly, one occurred. Shannon Mayne of Springfield, Tenn., was driving east on Interstate 40 near the Strawberry Plains exit around 11:30 p.m. May 3 of last year. ...

  • Summitt's departure, carjacking cases among 2012's top local stories Published 12/30/2012 at 4 a.m.

    We knew it was probably going to happen, and still it was hard earlier this year to watch Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt step down.

  • Some dreams just didn’t make it to reality Published 12/23/2012 at 4 a.m.

    To celebrate the News Sentinel’s 125th anniversary we have been recounting the history of the Knox area decade-by-decade since we started publishing in 1886.

  • Lane Kiffin fiasco lowest note of a low time for UT football Published 11/25/2012 at 4 a.m.

    The grand history of University of Tennessee football has consisted of many golden moments; Jan. 12, 2010, was not one of them.After one inglorious 7-6 season, head coach Lane Kiffin announced he was leaving UT to pursue his dream job ...

  • Pat Summitt's unmatched career ends with sadness Published 11/25/2012 at 4 a.m.

    For Pat Summitt, 2000-2012 is measured in heaps of medals and awards. It's calculated in national championships, ungodly win totals and incredible basketball players who she taught not only to excel at the game but blossom into leaders. And it's ...

  • Dolly Parton still growing strong into sixth decade Published 11/25/2012 at 4 a.m.

    At 5 feet, Dolly Parton is not a tall woman. It's just her shadow that soars taller than the Smoky Mountains. A musical career likely unmatched. More than 30 films. Dollywood, Imagination Library, Kennedy Center.

  • Quentin Tarantino's film career started at South Clinton Drive-in Published 11/25/2012 at 4 a.m.

    Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino explained his early exposure to movies during a 2007 interview with then-News Sentinel film critic Betsy Pickle.

  • Johnny Knoxville takes bruising road to the top Published 11/25/2012 at 4 a.m.

    Riding rocket-powered grocery carts, tightrope walking over alligator pits and actually trying to roller skate in a buffalo herd.

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