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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Prince Frederick, MD
Breaking News
Bizarre 24 Hours End With Man Facing Burglary Charge, Exposure Investigation: Calvert Sheriff Bizarre 24 Hours End With Man Facing Burglary Charge, Exposure Investigation: Calvert Sheriff Bizarre 24 Hours End With Man Facing Burglary Charge, Exposure Investigation: Calvert Sheriff
Bizarre 24 Hours End With Man Facing Burglary Charge, Exposure Investigation: Calvert Sheriff One bizarre encounter was odd enough. Then deputies started connecting the dots. A Prince George's County man is accused of popping up in a string of strange incidents across Southern Maryland over the course of 24 hours, culminating in an attempted burglary charge and an ongoing indecent exposure investigation. The Calvert County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to multiple unrelated calls between Wednesday, July 15, and Thursday, July 16, including a welfare check, an attempted break-in at a home on B Street in Chesapeake Beach, and a reported indecent exposure on the North Beach …

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Annapolis, MD
Your Community
Maryland Named In White House Voter Roll Disclosure; AG Says Elections Remain Secure Maryland Named In White House Voter Roll Disclosure; AG Says Elections Remain Secure Maryland Named In White House Voter Roll Disclosure; AG Says Elections Remain Secure
Maryland Named In White House Voter Roll Disclosure; AG Says Elections Remain Secure Maryland found itself at the center of President Donald Trump's primetime address on election security. During a nationally televised speech on Thursday night, July 16, Trump announced the release of declassified intelligence records that he said showed voter registration rolls in at least 18 states had been "compromised" by the People's Republic of China.  Maryland was among the states identified by name in a White House document released ahead of the address. The document states that more than 200 million voter records were compromised by China and says Trump is alerting congression…

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Hagerstown, MD
Breaking News
Maryland Murder Suspect Tracked Down In Baltimore After Deadly Hagerstown Shooting: Police Maryland Murder Suspect Tracked Down In Baltimore After Deadly Hagerstown Shooting: Police Maryland Murder Suspect Tracked Down In Baltimore After Deadly Hagerstown Shooting: Police
Maryland Murder Suspect Tracked Down In Baltimore After Deadly Hagerstown Shooting: Police He wasn't hiding anymore. A Maryland man wanted for a Washington County killing that happened nearly two months ago has been captured in Baltimore and is now facing a murder charge. Members of the US Marshals Capital Area Regional Task Force and the Hagerstown Police Warrant Task Force arrested 20-year-old Nadeem Ameen Davis, of Baltimore, around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 16, in the 3000 block of East Madison Street, according to the Hagerstown Police Department. Authorities say Davis was wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of Mitchell Omar Reddick on Sunday, May 25. The inves…

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Annapolis, MD
Weather
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blankets Maryland As Code Red, Purple Air Quality Alerts Issued Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blankets Maryland As Code Red, Purple Air Quality Alerts Issued Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blankets Maryland As Code Red, Purple Air Quality Alerts Issued
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blankets Maryland As Code Red, Purple Air Quality Alerts Issued Maryland residents didn't need an air quality monitor to know something was wrong Friday morning. The sky turned hazy. The sun glowed orange. The air smelled like a campfire. The culprit was hundreds of miles away. Smoke from massive Canadian wildfires drifted into the region overnight, prompting widespread Code Red and Code Purple air quality alerts across much of the area as officials urged residents to stay indoors, avoid strenuous outdoor activity, and keep their windows closed. A weak front dropping south this eve has turned the winds to the northwest pushing more Canadian wildfir…

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Burtonsville, MD
Breaking News
First-Grade Teacher Accused Of Selling Fatal Fentanyl Dose; Selling On School Grounds: Feds First-Grade Teacher Accused Of Selling Fatal Fentanyl Dose; Selling On School Grounds: Feds First-Grade Teacher Accused Of Selling Fatal Fentanyl Dose; Selling On School Grounds: Feds
First-Grade Teacher Accused Of Selling Fatal Fentanyl Dose; Selling On School Grounds: Feds She wasn't just teaching first grade. Federal prosecutors say she was also dealing fentanyl, even leaving her Maryland classroom during the school day to sell drugs, until one transaction turned deadly. Now, former Montgomery County first-grade teacher Sarah Katherine Magid is headed to federal prison. The 36-year-old Burtonsville resident was sentenced this week to 151 months behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl in connection with a fatal overdose, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced. Prosecutors say the case began with the Ma…

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Glen Burnie, MD
On Your Side
Timeline Set To Stabilize Unsafe Glen Burnie Office Tower, But Businesses Still Face Long Wait Timeline Set To Stabilize Unsafe Glen Burnie Office Tower, But Businesses Still Face Long Wait Timeline Set To Stabilize Unsafe Glen Burnie Office Tower, But Businesses Still Face Long Wait
Timeline Set To Stabilize Unsafe Glen Burnie Office Tower, But Businesses Still Face Long Wait The first real timeline is finally taking shape after a near disaster in Maryland. A week after a structural emergency forced the evacuation of a 10-story Maryland office building, Anne Arundel County officials say remediation work at Empire Towers could begin soon, though businesses trapped inside still don't know when they'll be allowed back. The update came on Thursday, July 16, as County Executive Steuart Pittman announced the building's owner is working with a licensed structural engineering firm that has completed its evaluation of the Glen Burnie property. According to Pittman, cont…

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Waldorf, MD
Breaking News
Stolen Lawn Mowers Led To Guns, $48K In Cocaine, Fentanyl At Waldorf Home: Sheriff Stolen Lawn Mowers Led To Guns, $48K In Cocaine, Fentanyl At Waldorf Home: Sheriff Stolen Lawn Mowers Led To Guns, $48K In Cocaine, Fentanyl At Waldorf Home: Sheriff
Stolen Lawn Mowers Led To Guns, $48K In Cocaine, Fentanyl At Waldorf Home: Sheriff It started with stolen lawn mowers. It ended with guns, fentanyl, cocaine, and what detectives say was a house packed with stolen merchandise. A Maryland man accused of stealing everything from eyeglasses to home improvement supplies across Charles County is now facing a theft charge after investigators say a search of his Waldorf home uncovered a much larger haul. The investigation led detectives to the 4700 block of Diamond Ridge Lane, where they arrested 58-year-old David Eugene Gregory after obtaining a warrant tied to what the Charles County Sheriff's Office described as a countywide …

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Frederick, MD
Obituaries
Friends, Family Remember Ann Andrex After Fatal Crash Outside Frederick Staples Friends, Family Remember Ann Andrex After Fatal Crash Outside Frederick Staples Friends, Family Remember Ann Andrex After Fatal Crash Outside Frederick Staples
Friends, Family Remember Ann Andrex After Fatal Crash Outside Frederick Staples A routine trip through a Maryland shopping center ended in heartbreak. Now, the community is remembering the woman whose life was cut short. Frederick Police have identified 74-year-old Ann Christine Andrex as the pedestrian who died after being struck by a car on Monday afternoon outside the Staples store in the Frederick Shopping Center on West Seventh Street. Officers and Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue crews were called to the shopping center around 3:37 p.m. on July 13 after a 2013 Toyota Camry struck Andrex as she crossed the roadway near the store. She suffered life-thr…

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Arlington, VA
Breaking News
DC Gunmen Who Sprayed Bullets Into Dunbar High School Learn Prison Fate: Feds DC Gunmen Who Sprayed Bullets Into Dunbar High School Learn Prison Fate: Feds DC Gunmen Who Sprayed Bullets Into Dunbar High School Learn Prison Fate: Feds
DC Gunmen Who Sprayed Bullets Into Dunbar High School Learn Prison Fate: Feds The two DC teens who unleashed a barrage of gunfire outside Dunbar High School, sending bullets into classrooms and grazing a student in the head, are headed to prison. Saki Frost, 19, and Azhari Graves, 20, were each sentenced on Thursday, July 16, to five years behind bars for the May 2024 shooting near the Northwest DC school, the US Attorney's Office announced. The pair pleaded guilty in December to aggravated assault while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, and carrying a pistol without a license. Frost was 17 when the shooting happened, but was prosecuted as an adult. Judge J. M…

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Waldorf, MD
Breaking News
Dead Person's Identity Used In Brazen Attempt To Buy $50K Mercedes SUV In Waldorf: Sheriff Dead Person's Identity Used In Brazen Attempt To Buy $50K Mercedes SUV In Waldorf: Sheriff Dead Person's Identity Used In Brazen Attempt To Buy $50K Mercedes SUV In Waldorf: Sheriff
Dead Person's Identity Used In Brazen Attempt To Buy $50K Mercedes SUV In Waldorf: Sheriff Somebody tried buying a luxury Mercedes-Benz using the identity of a dead person. It nearly worked. The scheme unraveled at a Waldorf dealership in Charles County on Tuesday, July 7, after a representative for the victim's estate alerted authorities that someone was attempting to finance a Mercedes-Benz SUV worth more than $50,000 using the recently deceased victim's identity and credit information. Charles County Sheriff's officers responded to the dealership and quickly spotted 48-year-old Louisa Michelene Coles, of Washington, DC, walking nearby. Investigators determined Coles was the …

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