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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Finksburg, MD
Breaking News
Finksburg Rideshare Stop Goes Sideways As Passenger, Not Driver, Busted With Drugs: Sheriff Finksburg Rideshare Stop Goes Sideways As Passenger, Not Driver, Busted With Drugs: Sheriff Finksburg Rideshare Stop Goes Sideways As Passenger, Not Driver, Busted With Drugs: Sheriff
Finksburg Rideshare Stop Goes Sideways As Passenger, Not Driver, Busted With Drugs: Sheriff Maurice James Harrison hailed the wrong ride. On his way from Baltimore to a hotel in Westminster, a rideshare driver with the 42-year-old in the backseat was stopped by members of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office. The driver was cited, but it was his passenger who deputies walked away with. Deputies on patrol on Wednesday afternoon stopped a 2019 Ford Fusion that failed to make a lane change while approaching an active work zone on Baltimore Boulevard in Finksburg. At the time, several State Highway vehicles and state employees were working along the shoulder of Baltimore Boulevard. …

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Glen Burnie, MD
Breaking News
Glen Burnie Man Shot Dead After Returning To Scene Of Earlier Dispute, Police Say Glen Burnie Man Shot Dead After Returning To Scene Of Earlier Dispute, Police Say Glen Burnie Man Shot Dead After Returning To Scene Of Earlier Dispute, Police Say
Glen Burnie Man Shot Dead After Returning To Scene Of Earlier Dispute, Police Say A 27-year-old Maryland man was shot and killed during a parking lot altercation Saturday night — and the suspected gunman was still there when police arrived. Glen Burnie resident Michael Joseph Hayes is dead, and Baltimore resident Ioannis Georgios Giorgakis, 32, is behind bars, following a deadly altercation, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Officers were called around 9:15 p.m. on April 18 to the 7700 block of Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard to investigate reports of a shooting in the area. Upon arrival, first responders found Hayes suffering from multiple gunshot w…

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Columbia, MD
Breaking News
WATCH: Armed Woman Opens Fire During Violent Gas Station Robbery In Columbia WATCH: Armed Woman Opens Fire During Violent Gas Station Robbery In Columbia WATCH: Armed Woman Opens Fire During Violent Gas Station Robbery In Columbia
Watch: Armed Woman Opens Fire During Violent Gas Station Robbery In Columbia New video has been released of the moments leading up to a violent shooting during a gas station robbery in Maryland. The Howard County Police Department posted surveillance video and are offering a $2,500 reward following a shooting inside a gas station in Columbia that was all caught on camera. Shortly before 7:45 p.m. on Friday, April 17, officers were called to the Shell gas station in the 7200 block of Cradlerock Way to investigate a reported shooting involving an armed woman. Howard County Police In the video, the woman can be seen approaching the clerk before taking out a re…

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Gaithersburg, MD
Breaking News
Years Of Warning Ignored? Maryland AG Sues DC Water Over 240M Gallon Potomac Sewage Spill Years Of Warning Ignored? Maryland AG Sues DC Water Over 240M Gallon Potomac Sewage Spill Years Of Warning Ignored? Maryland AG Sues DC Water Over 240M Gallon Potomac Sewage Spill
Years Of Warning Ignored? Maryland AG Sues DC Water Over 240M Gallon Potomac Sewage Spill Maryland is taking DC Water to court, alleging the utility ignored years of warning signs before a catastrophic sewage spill polluted the Potomac River. Attorney General Anthony Brown announced on Monday, April 20, that the state filed a lawsuit seeking damages, penalties, and a court order following the collapse of a major sewer line. The lawsuit centers on the Jan. 19 rupture of the Potomac Interceptor in Montgomery County, which released more than 240 million gallons of untreated sewage into the Potomac River and nearby waterways over multiple days. The sewage overflow at the&nbs…

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Manchester-Hampstead, MD
Breaking News
Motorcyclist Killed In Maryland Crash Identified As 24-Year-Old Hampstead Man Motorcyclist Killed In Maryland Crash Identified As 24-Year-Old Hampstead Man Motorcyclist Killed In Maryland Crash Identified As 24-Year-Old Hampstead Man
Motorcyclist Killed In Maryland Crash Identified As 24-Year-Old Hampstead Man A 24-year-old motorcyclist killed in a crash in Maryland has now been identified by police. Donald Charles Ebaugh, of Hampstead, died following the collision, Howard County Police announced in an update on Sunday, April 19. In Marriottsville, officers responded around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, to Marriottsville Road near Warwick Way for a reported crash involving a motorcycle. Investigators say a 2014 Yamaha FZ09 was traveling northbound when a 2023 Nissan Rogue heading south attempted to make a left turn onto Warwick Way. The motorcycle struck the Nissan during the turn, police sa…

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Alexandria, VA
Obituaries
Virginia Community Remembers James 'Poodie' Smith After Fatal Shooting: 'A Light In Every Life' Virginia Community Remembers James 'Poodie' Smith After Fatal Shooting: 'A Light In Every Life' Virginia Community Remembers James 'Poodie' Smith After Fatal Shooting: 'A Light In Every Life'
Virginia Community Remembers James 'Poodie' Smith After Fatal Shooting: 'A Light In Every Life' James “Poodie” Smith was "a light in the lives of everyone who knew him" before the young man was gunned down during a dispute outside a Virginia shopping center. Smith was one of the victims in a double fatal shooting on Wednesday, April 16, outside the Walmart and Dollar Tree stores at the Ashland Square shopping center, according to police. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene. A suspect was later arrested in connection with the shooting. Now, loved ones are rallying support from the community to give Smith a proper sendoff. "James was a light in the lives of everyone who kne…

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Lexington Park, MD
Breaking News
Man Shot By Maryland Trooper After Charging With Knife Now Facing Charges: State Police Man Shot By Maryland Trooper After Charging With Knife Now Facing Charges: State Police Man Shot By Maryland Trooper After Charging With Knife Now Facing Charges: State Police
Man Shot By Maryland Trooper After Charging With Knife Now Facing Charges: State Police A knife-wielding man was airlifted to the hospital and is now behind bars after being shot by a Maryland State Police trooper. Chester resident Preston Scott Carter, 21, is facing charges in Queen Anne's County following a strange scene that played out last week. According to police, around 3:40 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, troopers were called to the unit block of Sherman Way in Chester, where there was a reported disturbance involving a man with a knife who was making threats. Upon arrival, troopers met with the caller, and while they were speaking, Carter charged toward them with the kni…

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Woodbridge, VA
Breaking News
Scooter-Riding Suspect Strikes Again In Woodbridge As More Sexual Assault Victims Come Forward Scooter-Riding Suspect Strikes Again In Woodbridge As More Sexual Assault Victims Come Forward Scooter-Riding Suspect Strikes Again In Woodbridge As More Sexual Assault Victims Come Forward
Scooter-Riding Suspect Strikes Again In Woodbridge As More Sexual Assault Victims Come Forward More victims have come forward as police in Northern Virginia continue their hunt for a scooter rider who is wanted for repeated sexual assaults. On Monday, April 20, the Prince William County Police Department said an additional victim has come forward regarding multiple sexual assaults that have occurred in the Powells Creek area in Woodbridge. According to police, the latest incident was reported around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 17, when a 45-year-old woman was walking on Blue Pool Drive near Paper Mill Lane in Woodbridge. In this instance, she was inappropriately touched by an unknown…

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Stafford, VA
Breaking News
Busted At Home Depot, Then Again Days Later: DC Man Has Wild Weekend In Stafford Busted At Home Depot, Then Again Days Later: DC Man Has Wild Weekend In Stafford Busted At Home Depot, Then Again Days Later: DC Man Has Wild Weekend In Stafford
Busted At Home Depot, Then Again Days Later: DC Man Has Wild Weekend In Stafford Tyrone Cooper went to the well a few too many times over the weekend in Virginia and found himself behind bars twice for being a bit boozy in Stafford County. The 40-year-old District resident had a forgettable few days after being busted for public intoxication twice in 72 hours, according to the sheriff's office. A deputy was first called around 7 p.m. on Friday, April 17, to Home Depot on Worth Avenue, where there was a reported disturbance involving a man who "displayed signs of impairment with an odor of alcohol coming from his breath, slurred speech, and glassy eyes." Cooper initiall…

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Fredericksburg, VA
Breaking News
Smiling Mugshot Follows Alleged Drunk Outburst Inside Spotswood Elementary School: Sheriff Smiling Mugshot Follows Alleged Drunk Outburst Inside Spotswood Elementary School: Sheriff Smiling Mugshot Follows Alleged Drunk Outburst Inside Spotswood Elementary School: Sheriff
Smiling Mugshot Follows Alleged Drunk Outburst Inside Spotswood Elementary School: Sheriff Corene Jones was all smiles for the cameras after an alleged drunk and disorderly tirade inside a Virginia elementary school. The School Resource Officer at Spotswood Elementary School was called in on Friday afternoon to assist with a woman in the front office who was reportedly under the influence and attempting to register a new student. The officer asked Jones, 32, "who was obviously intoxicated," to step out of the front office area, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office, though she then began to struggle. Additional units were called to the school, while staffers and&…

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