Zak Failla

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Equal parts Lois Lane, J. Jonah Jameson and Vicki Vale, Zak! has traveled from coast-to-coast covering small and big town community news in both in print and online for nearly a decade since his graduation from the award-winning Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in 2010.

Before settling into the Hudson Valley, Zak! previously spent time in the New York Daily News newsroom and worked for hyperlocal digital news outlets on Long Island. He wrote sports for The Ithacan and The Ithaca Journal before taking his talents to the Pacific Northwest, where he served as the sports editor at the Shoshone News-Press until heading back east to work with Daily Voice.

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Westminster, MD
Breaking News
Carroll Hospital ER Exposure Alert Issued After Five New Measles Cases Confirmed In Maryland Carroll Hospital ER Exposure Alert Issued After Five New Measles Cases Confirmed In Maryland Carroll Hospital ER Exposure Alert Issued After Five New Measles Cases Confirmed In Maryland
Carroll Hospital ER Exposure Alert Issued After Five New Measles Cases Confirmed In Maryland Maryland health officials are urging residents to check their vaccination status after confirming five new measles cases tied to a group that recently traveled together to a part of the US experiencing an active outbreak. The Maryland Department of Health announced that the infected individuals all live in Central Maryland and may have exposed others while visiting the Carroll Hospital Center Emergency Department waiting room in Westminster. Anyone who was in the waiting room at 200 Memorial Ave. between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday, July 13, is urged to review their vaccination history and …

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Sterling, VA
Breaking News
Woman Fights Off Attacker After Abduction Attempt On Loudoun County Walking Trail (DEVELOPING) Woman Fights Off Attacker After Abduction Attempt On Loudoun County Walking Trail (DEVELOPING) Woman Fights Off Attacker After Abduction Attempt On Loudoun County Walking Trail (DEVELOPING)
Woman Fights Off Attacker After Abduction Attempt On Loudoun County Walking Trail (Developing) A woman fought off a man who grabbed her on a Virginia walking trail Wednesday night, escaped his grasp, and made it to safety before calling 911, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. The attack happened around 8:30 p.m. on July 15, in the area of Algonkian Parkway and Lowes Island Boulevard in Loudoun County. Investigators say the woman was walking on a trail when she was approached and grabbed by the suspect in what deputies are investigating as an abduction and assault. Instead of being taken, she fought back. The woman managed to break free from her attacker and escape be…

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Annapolis, MD
Your Community
Trump DOJ Sues Maryland To Kill In-State Tuition, Scholarships For Undocumented Students Trump DOJ Sues Maryland To Kill In-State Tuition, Scholarships For Undocumented Students Trump DOJ Sues Maryland To Kill In-State Tuition, Scholarships For Undocumented Students
Trump DOJ Sues Maryland To Kill In-State Tuition, Scholarships For Undocumented Students Maryland’s DREAM Act is headed for a federal courtroom. The Trump administration sued the state on Thursday, July 16, seeking to strip undocumented students of access to reduced tuition, scholarships, and other financial aid at public colleges and universities. The 23-page complaint targets Maryland, the Maryland Higher Education Commission, and the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, arguing that the state gives undocumented residents benefits denied to US citizens living elsewhere. At the center of the fight is a 2011 law that allows qualifying undocumented students to pay in…

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Havre de Grace, MD
On Your Side
Maryland Landscaper Nearly Paralyzed In Devastating Fall During Power Washing Job Maryland Landscaper Nearly Paralyzed In Devastating Fall During Power Washing Job Maryland Landscaper Nearly Paralyzed In Devastating Fall During Power Washing Job
Maryland Landscaper Nearly Paralyzed In Devastating Fall During Power Washing Job One wrong step changed everything. A Maryland business owner is beginning what friends describe as a long road to recovery after a devastating fall while power washing nearly left him paralyzed. William "Bill" Taylor, of Havre de Grace, suffered what organizers called a severe compression fracture of his L2 vertebra in the accident, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched to support his recovery. The fundraiser says Taylor underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure on his spinal nerves and stabilize his spine. While his condition is improving, friends say his recovery is expected t…

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Towson, MD
Breaking News
WATCH: Elderly Man Fights Off Group Armed With Assault-Style Rifle, Assault In Maryland WATCH: Elderly Man Fights Off Group Armed With Assault-Style Rifle, Assault In Maryland WATCH: Elderly Man Fights Off Group Armed With Assault-Style Rifle, Assault In Maryland
Watch: Elderly Man Fights Off Group Armed With Assault-Style Rifle, Assault In Maryland A group of thugs in Maryland picked the wrong 74-year-old man to mess with outside an area 7-Eleven. The Baltimore Police Department has released surveillance video showing six people attacking the elderly man outside the convenience store in the 2500 block of Liberty Heights Avenue earlier this month. The video, recorded shortly after 3:45 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7, shows the man standing outside the store holding what police described as a gray assault-style rifle as the group approaches him. Several more minors then run into the frame, including one carrying a sword, before the attack eru…

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Walkersville, MD
Breaking News
Maryland Driver Pulls Machete, Slashes Man In Head At Frederick County Park: Deputies Maryland Driver Pulls Machete, Slashes Man In Head At Frederick County Park: Deputies Maryland Driver Pulls Machete, Slashes Man In Head At Frederick County Park: Deputies
Maryland Driver Pulls Machete, Slashes Man In Head At Frederick County Park: Deputies A machete-wielding Maryland man was arrested on Thursday following a strange altercation that sent another man to the hospital at a popular park in Frederick County, according to the sheriff's office. Michael Anthony Faya, 36, was taken into custody after an incident between two drivers turned violent at Loy's Station Park in Rocky Ridge late in the afternoon on July 15. Deputies from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office were called shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Thursday to the park in the 13500 block of Old Frederick Road, where there were reports of a stabbing in the area. Upon arrival, f…

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Bel Air, MD
Breaking News
Officials Missed 3 Gas Leak Warnings Before Deadly Bel Air Home Explosion, NTSB Finds Officials Missed 3 Gas Leak Warnings Before Deadly Bel Air Home Explosion, NTSB Finds Officials Missed 3 Gas Leak Warnings Before Deadly Bel Air Home Explosion, NTSB Finds
Officials Missed 3 Gas Leak Warnings Before Deadly Bel Air Home Explosion, NTSB Finds Three chances to stop it. Federal investigators say officials missed multiple warnings about a natural gas leak before a devastating Maryland home explosion killed two people and leveled a Bel Air neighborhood. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded in a report released Wednesday, July 15, that BGE's response to repeated reports of a suspected gas leak allowed it to go unrepaired for more than 10 hours before the explosion on Aug. 11, 2024. Harford County house explosion.  Office Of The Maryland State Fire Marshal The blast destroyed the home on Arthurs Woods Drive…

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Silver Spring, MD
Breaking News
Man Wanted After Bathroom Ambush Stabbing At Silver Spring Restaurant: Police (DEVELOPING) Man Wanted After Bathroom Ambush Stabbing At Silver Spring Restaurant: Police (DEVELOPING) Man Wanted After Bathroom Ambush Stabbing At Silver Spring Restaurant: Police (DEVELOPING)
Man Wanted After Bathroom Ambush Stabbing At Silver Spring Restaurant: Police (Developing) Maryland detectives are hunting for a man accused of ambushing another customer inside the men's restroom at The Angry Jerk restaurant in Silver Spring before stabbing him multiple times, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. The attack happened around 10:34 p.m. Friday, July 10, at the restaurant in the 8200 block of Georgia Avenue, where investigators say the suspect walked into the men's bathroom, attacked the victim, then disappeared before officers arrived. Now detectives have released surveillance images of the man they believe carried out the violent assault, hopin…

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Stafford, VA
Breaking News
Half-Dressed DC Felon Found Asleep In Stafford With Gun, Drugs, Sheriff Says Half-Dressed DC Felon Found Asleep In Stafford With Gun, Drugs, Sheriff Says Half-Dressed DC Felon Found Asleep In Stafford With Gun, Drugs, Sheriff Says
Half-Dressed DC Felon Found Asleep In Stafford With Gun, Drugs, Sheriff Says Waking up was probably the easiest part of Douglas Boomer's morning. The DC man was found asleep outside a Stafford neighborhood wearing only half his clothes while allegedly carrying a gun and narcotics before deputies discovered he was also a convicted felon, according to the sheriff's office. The bizarre encounter unfolded around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, July 15, on Abberly Drive, where Sgt. Williams responded to reports of a disturbance involving a man who reportedly didn't live in the area and was only partially clothed. Deputies found the man asleep. Once he woke up, investigators said …

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Woodbridge, VA
Breaking News
Charges Follow Fatal Crash That Killed 78-Year-Old Crossing Occoquan Commuter Lot: Police Charges Follow Fatal Crash That Killed 78-Year-Old Crossing Occoquan Commuter Lot: Police Charges Follow Fatal Crash That Killed 78-Year-Old Crossing Occoquan Commuter Lot: Police
Charges Follow Fatal Crash That Killed 78-Year-Old Crossing Occoquan Commuter Lot: Police A driver is now facing charges after a 78-year-old Virginia man was struck and killed while trying to cross a busy commuter lot, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Occoquan resident John Gregory Grace was attempting to cross the entrance and exit lanes of the Occoquan Commuter Lot at Gordon Boulevard early on Friday, July 10, when he was struck by a 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries. Investigators noted that Grace was not in a designated crosswalk at the time of the fatal crash. On Thursday, July 16, th…

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