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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Annapolis, MD
Breaking News
Inmate Serving Life Pleads Guilty To Killing Cellmate Inside Maryland Prison Inmate Serving Life Pleads Guilty To Killing Cellmate Inside Maryland Prison Inmate Serving Life Pleads Guilty To Killing Cellmate Inside Maryland Prison
Inmate Serving Life Pleads Guilty To Killing Cellmate Inside Maryland Prison A Maryland prison inmate already serving a life sentence has admitted to killing his cellmate inside Jessup Correctional Institution earlier this year, prosecutors announced. 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 is already serving a life plus 30-year sentence for a 1994 murder, prosecutors said. Sentencing in the new case will be scheduled at a…

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Arlington, VA
Breaking News
Bomber Who Targeted Banks, Stores In Maryland And DC Sentenced To Prison Time Bomber Who Targeted Banks, Stores In Maryland And DC Sentenced To Prison Time Bomber Who Targeted Banks, Stores In Maryland And DC Sentenced To Prison Time
Bomber Who Targeted Banks, Stores In Maryland And DC Sentenced To Prison Time A District man who set off explosive devices outside banks, a retail store, and a supermarket during a predawn bombing spree across Maryland and DC is heading to federal prison, prosecutors announced. Cahlyl Rollins, 25, was sentenced in US District Court, Washington, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, to 60 months in prison for his role in four bombings that caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Rollins took part in a coordinated early-morning spree in which explosive devices were detonated outside four businesses, including tw…

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Hagerstown, MD
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WATCH: Hagerstown House Fire Explodes Into Second Floor, Sends One To Hospital WATCH: Hagerstown House Fire Explodes Into Second Floor, Sends One To Hospital WATCH: Hagerstown House Fire Explodes Into Second Floor, Sends One To Hospital
Watch: Hagerstown House Fire Explodes Into Second Floor, Sends One To Hospital A morning house fire tore through the second floor and attic of a Frederick Street home in Hagerstown, sending one resident to the hospital and prompting a fast, multi-agency response, fire officials said. Crews were dispatched at around 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16, to the 300 block of Frederick Street in Hagerstown, where there were multiple reports of a home on fire. City fire inspectors who were already in the area arrived first and confirmed a working fire, officials said. The scene of the fire in Hagerstown on Tuesday afternoon. Hagerstown Fire Department A battalion chief a…

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Fairfax, VA
Breaking News
Fair Haven Chain-Reaction Crash With Metro Bus Leaves Taxi Driver Dead, Several Injured: Police Fair Haven Chain-Reaction Crash With Metro Bus Leaves Taxi Driver Dead, Several Injured: Police Fair Haven Chain-Reaction Crash With Metro Bus Leaves Taxi Driver Dead, Several Injured: Police
Fair Haven Chain-Reaction Crash With Metro Bus Leaves Taxi Driver Dead, Several Injured: Police A three-vehicle crash involving a Metro bus and two cars left one man dead and several others injured in Virginia, police said. Officers responded shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 15, to the 6300 block of Richmond Highway in Fair Haven to investigate a reported crash, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Preliminary findings show a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority bus was stopped in the right lane of northbound Richmond Highway with a 2014 Toyota Sienna stopped behind it, police said. A 2013 Toyota Camry taxicab traveling northbound then struck the Toyota S…

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Lanham-Seabrook, MD
Breaking News
Lanham Caregiver Convicted After Video Shows Abuse Of Vulnerable Adult: Attorney General Lanham Caregiver Convicted After Video Shows Abuse Of Vulnerable Adult: Attorney General Lanham Caregiver Convicted After Video Shows Abuse Of Vulnerable Adult: Attorney General
Lanham Caregiver Convicted After Video Shows Abuse Of Vulnerable Adult: Attorney General A former direct support professional in Maryland has been sentenced after being convicted of abusing and neglecting a vulnerable adult who depended on her for daily care, the Attorney General’s Office announced. Lanham resident Taibat Fola Suenu will largely avoid time behind bars after being found guilty and sentenced for abuse and neglect of a vulnerable adult, according to authorities.  Suenu worked as a Direct Support Professional, providing hands-on assistance to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, officials said. “This defendant abused a person who relied en…

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Prince Frederick, MD
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Woman Killed In Prince Frederick Police-Involved Crash Identified By OAG Woman Killed In Prince Frederick Police-Involved Crash Identified By OAG Woman Killed In Prince Frederick Police-Involved Crash Identified By OAG
Woman Killed In Prince Frederick Police-Involved Crash Identified By OAG The woman killed in a police-involved three-vehicle crash following a traffic stop attempt in Prince Frederick has been identified by investigators, officials said. Investigators say that Lusby resident Servon Gatewood, 58, was behind the wheel when she was caught up in a multi-vehicle crash that landed one man behind bars. The fatal police-involved collision happened at around 12:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, in Prince Frederick, according to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. According to investigators, a deputy from the Calvert County Sheriff's Office spotted a Nissan sedan pass…

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Silver Spring, MD
Breaking News
Silver Spring Navy Lieutenant Commander Convicted In Cyberstalking Targeting Ex-Wife, Kids: DOJ Silver Spring Navy Lieutenant Commander Convicted In Cyberstalking Targeting Ex-Wife, Kids: DOJ Silver Spring Navy Lieutenant Commander Convicted In Cyberstalking Targeting Ex-Wife, Kids: DOJ
Silver Spring Navy Lieutenant Commander Convicted In Cyberstalking Targeting Ex-Wife, Kids: DOJ An active-duty US Navy lieutenant commander was convicted after a two-week federal trial for a yearslong cyberstalking campaign that targeted his ex-wife and their children, prosecutors announced in Maryland. A federal jury convicted Jason Michael Leidel, 45, of Silver Spring, on one count of cyberstalking, according to the US Attorney's Office. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Leidel repeatedly sent emails containing false allegations in an effort to get his ex-wife fired from her job as a special education teacher at a public school, authorities said. Prosecu…

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Indian Head-Nanjemoy, MD
Obituaries
They Couldn’t Live Without Each Other: Maryland Couple Dies Just 19 Days Apart They Couldn’t Live Without Each Other: Maryland Couple Dies Just 19 Days Apart They Couldn’t Live Without Each Other: Maryland Couple Dies Just 19 Days Apart
They Couldn’t Live Without Each Other: Maryland Couple Dies Just 19 Days Apart They shared a life built on love, sacrifice, and family — and in the end, they shared a goodbye just weeks apart. Arleen May Bowie and George Curtis Bowie II, known to nearly everyone as Kissie and George, died within 19 days of each other in Maryland, according to family members, leaving behind generations who say the couple’s bond was unbreakable. Kissie died after a yearlong battle with adrenal cancer, family said. Despite chemotherapy treatments that ultimately did not work, she continued caring for her loved ones as her health declined, including helping look after her grandchildren an…

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Fort Washington, MD
Breaking News
PGPD Cruiser Struck In 4-Vehicle Crash On Route 210 In Fort Washington (DEVELOPING) PGPD Cruiser Struck In 4-Vehicle Crash On Route 210 In Fort Washington (DEVELOPING) PGPD Cruiser Struck In 4-Vehicle Crash On Route 210 In Fort Washington (DEVELOPING)
Pgpd Cruiser Struck In 4-Vehicle Crash On Route 210 In Fort Washington (Developing) A marked Prince George’s County Police cruiser was struck during a multi-vehicle crash on a busy roadway on Tuesday afternoon, police said. Investigators were called to MD Route 210 at Old Fort Road in Fort Washington at 2:35 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16, after four vehicles collided, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. Police said one of the vehicles struck a marked PGPD patrol cruiser during the crash. None of the injuries, including injuries to the patrol officer, appeared critical, police said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, and additional detail…

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Elkton, MD
Breaking News
Elktkon Holiday Trip Turns Nightmare As Pennsylvania Predator Learns Prison Fate Elktkon Holiday Trip Turns Nightmare As Pennsylvania Predator Learns Prison Fate Elktkon Holiday Trip Turns Nightmare As Pennsylvania Predator Learns Prison Fate
Elktkon Holiday Trip Turns Nightmare As Pennsylvania Predator Learns Prison Fate A Pennsylvania predator will spend more than a decade in prison after allegedly turning a holiday weekend into a nightmare in Maryland, federal authorities announced. York native David Donnell Fulton, 32, was sentenced in US District Court in Baltimore to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to one count of sexual exploitation of a child, according to the US Attorney's Office in Maryland. According to the guilty plea, Fulton traveled with friends and family to Great Wolf Lodge in Elkton during Memorial Day Weekend 2024, where the crime occurred, prosecutors said. Whil…

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