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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Towson, MD
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Teen Charged Months After Fatal Shooting Of 15-Year-Old Girl In Baltimore, Police Say Teen Charged Months After Fatal Shooting Of 15-Year-Old Girl In Baltimore, Police Say Teen Charged Months After Fatal Shooting Of 15-Year-Old Girl In Baltimore, Police Say
Teen Charged Months After Fatal Shooting Of 15-Year-Old Girl In Baltimore, Police Say More than three months after 15-year-old Tyonna Pierce was shot and killed in Baltimore, the teenager accused of pulling the trigger is finally in custody. A 15-year-old boy surrendered at Juvenile Bookings on Saturday, May 23, after Baltimore homicide detectives secured a first-degree murder warrant in Pierce's killing, police announced Monday. Pierce was found suffering from a gunshot wound inside a home in the 2100 block of Druid Hill Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15. The Baltimore teen was rushed to a hospital, where she later died. Investigators spent the next several m…

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Alexandria, VA
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Two Officers Shot, K9 Killed During Domestic Disturbance Call In Virginia, Police Say Two Officers Shot, K9 Killed During Domestic Disturbance Call In Virginia, Police Say Two Officers Shot, K9 Killed During Domestic Disturbance Call In Virginia, Police Say
Two Officers Shot, K9 Killed During Domestic Disturbance Call In Virginia, Police Say A violent domestic disturbance in Virginia on Sunday afternoon ended in a firefight that left two officers wounded, a suspect hospitalized, and a police K9 dead. Officers from the Chesterfield County Police Department were called around 4:40 p.m. on May 31 to the 12900 block of Gumfork Place, where a woman alerted authorities that she was hiding in a bedroom after a man fired several shots during an argument. The woman advised that she had gotten into an argument with the man, during which he fired multiple shots, sending her scurrying upstairs to a bedroom as the man tried to get in the ro…

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Fredericksburg, VA
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Armed Fugitive Accused Of Killing Virginia Deputy Logan Utt Captured After Massive Manhunt Armed Fugitive Accused Of Killing Virginia Deputy Logan Utt Captured After Massive Manhunt Armed Fugitive Accused Of Killing Virginia Deputy Logan Utt Captured After Massive Manhunt
Armed Fugitive Accused Of Killing Virginia Deputy Logan Utt Captured After Massive Manhunt The manhunt is over. Days after Carroll County Deputy Logan Utt was killed while responding to a welfare check in Virginia, the armed fugitive accused of pulling the trigger was captured just across state lines in North Carolina, authorities announced on Sunday night. Michael Puckett was taken into custody shortly after 8:30 p.m. on May 31 in Surry County, ending an intense search that had stretched across Virginia and North Carolina since Utt's death. According to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, agents tracked Puckett's movements using a drone before moving in to make…

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Hagerstown, MD
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WHAT'S THAT IN THE WATER? Aircraft Loses Part During Landing, Floats Behind Seacrets (PHOTOS) WHAT'S THAT IN THE WATER? Aircraft Loses Part During Landing, Floats Behind Seacrets (PHOTOS) WHAT'S THAT IN THE WATER? Aircraft Loses Part During Landing, Floats Behind Seacrets (PHOTOS)
What'S That IN THE Water? Aircraft Loses Part During Landing, Floats Behind Seacrets (Photos) A sunny Saturday afternoon behind Seacrets took an unexpected turn when a bright red amphibious aircraft wound up bobbing in Assawoman Bay after part of the plane apparently broke off during a water landing. The unusual incident happened at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, behind the iconic Ocean City waterfront destination, according to the Ocean City Fire Department. Emergency crews were called after a SeaRey, described by officials as a two-seat, single-engine amphibious flying boat, experienced trouble while landing on the water. The water rescue in Maryland. Ocean …

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Frederick, MD
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Frederick Mother Reportedly Walking With Kids Killed Along Busy Maryland Roadway: Sheriff Frederick Mother Reportedly Walking With Kids Killed Along Busy Maryland Roadway: Sheriff Frederick Mother Reportedly Walking With Kids Killed Along Busy Maryland Roadway: Sheriff
Frederick Mother Reportedly Walking With Kids Killed Along Busy Maryland Roadway: Sheriff A 46-year-old Frederick woman died after being struck by a vehicle while walking along a roadway Friday evening, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called around 6:22 p.m. on Friday, May 29, to the area of Bethel Road and White Rock Avenue for a reported pedestrian-involved crash. Investigators say Vung Sian, 46, of Frederick, was walking southbound near the right side of the travel lane on Bethel Road when she was struck by a 2011 Nissan Altima that was also traveling southbound. The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, providing a…

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Lexington Park, MD
Breaking News
Holy Cow: Manure Fire Destroys $100K Poultry Farm Building In Maryland (PHOTOS) Holy Cow: Manure Fire Destroys $100K Poultry Farm Building In Maryland (PHOTOS) Holy Cow: Manure Fire Destroys $100K Poultry Farm Building In Maryland (PHOTOS)
Holy Cow: Manure Fire Destroys $100K Poultry Farm Building In Maryland (Photos) Holy cow, indeed. A massive manure storage building at a Caroline County poultry farm went up in flames Saturday morning after the contents inside spontaneously combusted, according to Maryland fire investigators. The fire broke out shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, at a farm in the 13400 block of Oakland Road in Ridgely. A family member spotted fire burning inside the outbuilding and called 911. By the time firefighters arrived, the blaze was already tearing through the 100-foot-by-50-foot structure. Photos released by the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office show flames roll…

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National Interest
Meteor? Earthquake? Massive Boom Sparks 911 Calls Across Massachusetts (VIDEO) Meteor? Earthquake? Massive Boom Sparks 911 Calls Across Massachusetts (VIDEO) Meteor? Earthquake? Massive Boom Sparks 911 Calls Across Massachusetts (VIDEO)
Meteor? Earthquake? Massive Boom Sparks 911 Calls Across Massachusetts (Video) Did you feel it? Parts of Eastern Massachusetts were rocked on Saturday afternoon by a seismic "boom" that could be heard across parts of the state and in Rhode Island. The cause? Possibly a meteor, according to some reports. Others claim it was an earthquake that could be felt throughout the region. The flash density product really shows this anomalous "flash" which is pretty distinctive of a bolide/meteor reentry. east of Boston. This is the likely source of the loud boom/explosion. pic.twitter.com/ka5b9KfiQ7 — Nick Stewart (@NStewWX) May 30, 2026 "The flash density product really s…

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Fredericksburg, VA
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'Today Virginia Lost A Hero': Deputy Killed In Ambush Remembered As Father, Husband 'Today Virginia Lost A Hero': Deputy Killed In Ambush Remembered As Father, Husband 'Today Virginia Lost A Hero': Deputy Killed In Ambush Remembered As Father, Husband
'Today Virginia Lost A Hero': Deputy Killed In Ambush Remembered As Father, Husband A military veteran, firefighter, husband, father, and deputy sheriff is being remembered across Virginia after he was killed while responding to a welfare check. Deputy Logan Utt, who joined the Carroll County Sheriff's Office in 2023, was shot and killed Friday night, May 29, after authorities say Michael Puckett opened fire on responding deputies at a home on Fancy Gap Highway in Cana. Michael Puckett Carroll County Sheriff's Office A second deputy was struck in a ballistic vest and survived. Puckett fled the scene and remained the focus of an intense manhunt. He is considered to b…

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National Interest
'Morally Bankrupt' Conman Gets Max Sentence After Swindling Mt. Airy Business: Judge 'Morally Bankrupt' Conman Gets Max Sentence After Swindling Mt. Airy Business: Judge 'Morally Bankrupt' Conman Gets Max Sentence After Swindling Mt. Airy Business: Judge
'Morally Bankrupt' Conman Gets Max Sentence After Swindling Mt. Airy Business: Judge A Texas man accused of opening fire on Secret Service officers near the Washington Monument as Vice President J.D. Vance's motorcade passed nearby has been indicted by a federal grand jury, prosecutors announced. Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was charged in connection with the May shooting near 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW that left a teenage bystander wounded on the National Mall. According to federal prosecutors, the incident unfolded shortly before 3:40 p.m. on Monday, May 4, when a plainclothes Secret Service agent spotted Marx appearing to conceal a firearm near 15th S…

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National Interest
Westminster Mourns Coach Kevin Curley After Cancer Battle That United Community Westminster Mourns Coach Kevin Curley After Cancer Battle That United Community Westminster Mourns Coach Kevin Curley After Cancer Battle That United Community
Westminster Mourns Coach Kevin Curley After Cancer Battle That United Community For months, Coach Kevin Curley’s community followed every update. The Johns Hopkins stays. The feeding tube. The chemotherapy. The hopeful return home. The prayers, donations, letters, and messages from the people he spent more than 30 years coaching, mentoring, and shaping. On Wednesday, May 27, that fight came to an end. Curley, the winningest men’s basketball coach in McDaniel College history, died at 54 after a battle with metastatic esophageal cancer, according to his obituary and a GoFundMe campaign created for his family. He was surrounded in his final hours by his wife, Alliso…

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