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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Manchester-Hampstead, MD
Breaking News
Hampstead Man Sentenced After Brutal Domestic Assault Left Woman With Severe Brain Injury Hampstead Man Sentenced After Brutal Domestic Assault Left Woman With Severe Brain Injury Hampstead Man Sentenced After Brutal Domestic Assault Left Woman With Severe Brain Injury
Hampstead Man Sentenced After Brutal Domestic Assault Left Woman With Severe Brain Injury A Maryland man who brutally beat a woman inside their home — leaving her with a severe brain injury that required emergency surgery — will spend decades in prison, authorities announced. Cory Weatherly, 35, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after assaulting a woman during a violent domestic assault in Carroll County, the state's attorney's office announced. In March 2025, members of the Hampstead Police Department responded to the 1400 block of N. Main Street for a domestic call, when neighbors heard loud screams and banging on the walls. After many failed attempts to make contact w…

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by Zak Failla
Alexandria, VA
Breaking News
Move Over, Drunk Raccoon: Masked Man Trashes Virginia Vape Shop, Sheriff Says Move Over, Drunk Raccoon: Masked Man Trashes Virginia Vape Shop, Sheriff Says Move Over, Drunk Raccoon: Masked Man Trashes Virginia Vape Shop, Sheriff Says
Move Over, Drunk Raccoon: Masked Man Trashes Virginia Vape Shop, Sheriff Says It's not only drunk raccoons who can ransack stores in Virginia. A 33-year-old man is facing charges following a fracas that played out inside a Tobacco Hut and Vape Store in Fauquier County, according to the sheriff's office. Damarco Anderson was arrested over the weekend following an investigation into a reported assault in the store that left a massive mess behind. Deputies from the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office were called shortly before noon on Saturday, Feb. 7 to the store in the 4100 block of Winchester Road in Marshall, where a caller advised that a man in a mask had assaul…

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by Zak Failla
Annapolis, MD
Breaking News
Already Serving Life, Maryland Inmate Sentenced Again After Killing Cellmate In Jessup Already Serving Life, Maryland Inmate Sentenced Again After Killing Cellmate In Jessup Already Serving Life, Maryland Inmate Sentenced Again After Killing Cellmate In Jessup
Already Serving Life, Maryland Inmate Sentenced Again After Killing Cellmate In Jessup A Maryland inmate already serving a life sentence for murder will spend a second lifetime behind bars after admitting to killing his cellmate inside the Jessup Correctional Institution last year.  Wallace Dudley Ball, 64, of Randallstown, entered a guilty plea to first-degree murder in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court in Annapolis on Tuesday morning, in connection with the February 2025 killing of his cellmate, according to the Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office. Ball was already serving a life plus 30-year sentence for a 1994 murder, prosecutors said. On Monday, Feb. 9, t…

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by Zak Failla
Rockville, MD
Breaking News
Police Detail Timeline After Wootton High School Shooting In Montgomery County (UPDATED) Police Detail Timeline After Wootton High School Shooting In Montgomery County (UPDATED) Police Detail Timeline After Wootton High School Shooting In Montgomery County (UPDATED)
Police Detail Timeline After Wootton High School Shooting In Montgomery County (Updated) Police released a step-by-step timeline detailing how Monday’s shooting inside Thomas S. Wootton High School unfolded and how officers quickly arrested the suspect. At approximately 2:15 p.m. on Feb. 9, Montgomery County police officers and Rockville City Police were dispatched to Thomas S. Wootton High School for a reported shooting, Chief of Police Marc R. Yamada said. The first officers to arrive located the victim in a hallway inside the school, where a student was found suffering from a single gunshot wound, police said. The student victim was transported to an area hospital in st…

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by Zak Failla
Clarksburg, MD
Breaking News
Suspect At Large After Door Checked, Window Broken In Clarksburg Church Burglary: Police Suspect At Large After Door Checked, Window Broken In Clarksburg Church Burglary: Police Suspect At Large After Door Checked, Window Broken In Clarksburg Church Burglary: Police
Suspect At Large After Door Checked, Window Broken In Clarksburg Church Burglary: Police Detectives are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect accused of breaking into a Maryland church after first trying the door handle — and then deciding a window would do. At around 2:13 a.m. on Jan. 22, a suspect was captured on surveillance video walking around the Community of Faith Methodist Church on Frederick Road in Clarksville before forcing entry by breaking a window, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Investigators said the suspect was seen checking the front of the church and testing the door before eventually gaining access through the window. T…

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by Zak Failla
Aldie, VA
Breaking News
'Armed, Dangerous' Off-Duty Cop At Large After Woman Found Shot In Virginia: State Police 'Armed, Dangerous' Off-Duty Cop At Large After Woman Found Shot In Virginia: State Police 'Armed, Dangerous' Off-Duty Cop At Large After Woman Found Shot In Virginia: State Police
'Armed, Dangerous' Off-Duty Cop At Large After Woman Found Shot In Virginia: State Police An off-duty police officer is said to be "armed and dangerous" and is at large after a woman was found shot inside her vehicle following a domestic incident in Virginia. Charles Stokes, 44, of Lunenburg, a member of the Town of Kenbridge Police Department, is wanted on multiple felony warrants for aggravated malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony following an incident on Sunday afternoon, according to state police. Shortly before 2:45 p.m. on Feb. 8, officers in Lunenburg County were notified that a woman was shot in her vehicle. She was rushed to an area hosp…

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by Zak Failla
Manassas, VA
Breaking News
After 100 Days On Foot, Buddhist Monks’ Walk For Peace Reaches DC, Triggering Road Closures After 100 Days On Foot, Buddhist Monks’ Walk For Peace Reaches DC, Triggering Road Closures After 100 Days On Foot, Buddhist Monks’ Walk For Peace Reaches DC, Triggering Road Closures
After 100 Days On Foot, Buddhist Monks’ Walk For Peace Reaches DC, Triggering Road Closures After more than 100 days on foot, the Walk for Peace pilgrimage led by Buddhist monks will officially enter Washington, DC, this week, prompting rolling road closures across the District as the journey nears its end. At approximately 8:00 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10, in DC, monks walking from Fort Worth, Texas, are expected to cross into the city via the Chain Bridge and continue through Northwest neighborhoods under police escort, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The Walk For Peace in Virginia Facebook via The Walk For Peace The Walk For Peace Facebook via The Wa…

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by Zak Failla
Oxon Hill, MD
Obituaries
Family Remembers Ricardo Vance After Fatal Shooting In Oxon Hill: 'Always Ready With A Joke' Family Remembers Ricardo Vance After Fatal Shooting In Oxon Hill: 'Always Ready With A Joke' Family Remembers Ricardo Vance After Fatal Shooting In Oxon Hill: 'Always Ready With A Joke'
Family Remembers Ricardo Vance After Fatal Shooting In Oxon Hill: 'Always Ready With A Joke' Ricardo Lee Vance was a "loving son, brother, uncle, and cousin who meant so much to so many" before he was gunned down in Maryland, his family says. Now, they and the Prince George's County Police Department are seeking his murderer. At around 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 3, officers were called to the 6100 block of Oxon Hill Road in Oxon Hill to investigate a reported shooting. Upon arrival, they found Vance suffering from a single gunshot wound. The 47-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Now, his family is left with "a void in our hearts that words ca…

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by Zak Failla
National Interest
Driver Admits To Drunk Driving Crash That Killed Vikings Rookie, Teammates In PG County Driver Admits To Drunk Driving Crash That Killed Vikings Rookie, Teammates In PG County Driver Admits To Drunk Driving Crash That Killed Vikings Rookie, Teammates In PG County
Driver Admits To Drunk Driving Crash That Killed Vikings Rookie, Teammates In PG County The woman responsible for a crash in Maryland that killed Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson and two former teammates will spend years in prison, according to reports. Cori Clingman, 25, pleaded guilty this week to three counts of negligent homicide under the influence of alcohol for her role in the July 2024 crash that claimed the lives of 24-year-old Khyree Jackson, 23-year-old Isaiah Hazel, and 24-year-old Anthony Lytton, Jr., according to the Prince George's County State's Attorney's Office. On Wednesday, Feb. 4, Clingman was reportedly sentenced to three years…

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by Zak Failla
Gaithersburg, MD
Your Community
One Shot, Shooter In Custody After Shooting At Wootton High School: Police (UPDATED) One Shot, Shooter In Custody After Shooting At Wootton High School: Police (UPDATED) One Shot, Shooter In Custody After Shooting At Wootton High School: Police (UPDATED)
One Shot, Shooter In Custody After Shooting At Wootton High School: Police (Updated) One person was shot at a Maryland high school Monday afternoon, triggering an immediate lockdown as police rushed to secure the scene. At 2:15 p.m., Feb. 9, in Montgomery County, officers were dispatched to Thomas S. Wootton High School for a report of shots fired, prompting school officials to lock down the campus as police worked to determine what had occurred. Police later confirmed that one person was shot and that the shooting happened inside the school, as officers remained on scene and continued clearing the building. One person was taken into custody. UPDATE 3:17 p.m: Law enfor…

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