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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Fairfax, VA

Breaking News

Maryland Murder Suspect In Fairfax County Double Shooting Still On The Run Years Later: Police A Maryland man accused of shooting two people before slipping away into the night is still wanted in Fairfax County, police said. Detectives said Javon Antonio Reid, 32, was identified as the shooter in a May 7, 2023 killing on South George Mason Drive in Falls Church involving 24-year-old Maurice Anderson. Officers responded to the 3800 block at 2:19 a.m. for a report of two men shot in the upper body, police said. Anderson, a DC native, died at the hospital a short time later, police said. The second man was also taken to a hospital, where he “received treatment and remains hospitalized,…

by Zak Failla

11/14/2025

Towson, MD

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Johns Hopkins Makes Tuition Free For Most Americans In Historic Aid Expansion One of the nation’s top universities just wiped out tuition for the vast majority of American families, announcing a sweeping financial aid expansion that will make Johns Hopkins tuition-free for undergraduates from households earning up to $200,000. Johns Hopkins University will become tuition-free for eligible undergraduates starting in the spring 2026 semester for current students and in fall 2026 for new students, school officials announced. The change applies to undergraduates at the university’s Homewood campus and will allow students from families earning up to $200,000 a year to att…

by Zak Failla

11/14/2025

Towson, MD

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Baltimore Designer Loses Entire Gown Studio In Massive Fire, Begins Rebuilding A three-alarm fire ripped through Hampden’s Historic Castle at Keswick on Monday night, destroying the bridal studio that designer Jill Andrews poured her life into. Firefighters battled heavy flames on Nov. 10 after the blaze tore through the historic stone building that housed Jill Andrews Gowns, a Baltimore fixture known for couture bridal design, heirloom restorations, and community connection. Andrews said she watched from outside as everything she built burned. “With a heavy heart, I'm here to say the studio is a complete loss,” she said. “I’m shaking still, grateful that no one w…

by Zak Failla

11/14/2025

Arlington, VA

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DC Man Who Fled Police Twice In Maryland Learns Prison Fate After 10-Kilo ‘Boot’ Sting A DC man who led investigators on multiple high-speed chases through Maryland before ditching a box of what he thought was 10 kilos of “boot” will spend more than a decade in prison, federal prosecutors announced. Marvin Benjamin Martin, 32, was sentenced to 140 months in prison for attempting to possess a mass shipment of dipentylone, an illegal psychostimulant known as “boot,” according to the US Attorney’s Office for DC. Martin pleaded guilty on July 11, 2025 — one day before the scheduled jury trial — to attempted possession with intent to distribute N,N Dimethylpentylone hydrochl…

by Zak Failla

11/14/2025

Alexandria, VA

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Rabid Fox Found In Alexandria’s Rosemont Neighborhood After Contact With Dog, Person Alexandria health officials are urging residents to be on alert after a fox in the Rosemont neighborhood tested positive for rabies following contact with a dog and a person, authorities announced. The Alexandria Health Department said the fox came into contact with a dog and a person near a home in the Rosemont area on Sunday, Nov. 9. The fox is dead, but testing confirmed it had rabies, officials said. Health officials said they are working with the exposed person and the owner of the exposed dog “on safe next steps,” but warned there is an increased risk of rabies exposures in the…

by Zak Failla

11/14/2025

Arlington, VA

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Former Colombian Army Officer Who Admitted Moving 9.85 Kilos Of Coke Toward US Sentenced In DC A former Colombian intelligence officer who admitted moving nearly 10 kilos of cocaine toward the US is headed to federal prison after a major trafficking case, federal authorities in DC announced. Jairo Aldres Alzate Milan, 36, a former intelligence officer with the Colombian National Army, was sentenced to 65 months in prison for his role in a scheme to export 9.85 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the United States, prosecutors said. Milan — also known as “Llorente” and “Andres Millan” — pleaded guilty on May 13 to unlawful distribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine for import…

by Zak Failla

11/14/2025

Hagerstown, MD

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Burned Maryland Woman Airlifted After Grease Fire Erupts In Hagerstown Home: Officials A Maryland woman was airlifted to a Baltimore burn center after a grease fire exploded on a stovetop in her Hagerstown home, leaving her with painful burns to her hand and arm, investigators said. A quick-moving kitchen fire left a Washington County woman with serious burn injuries before she was flown out of the neighborhood by police, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. The fire broke out shortly before 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, inside a three-story end-unit rowhome on Papa Court. Investigators said the resident was cooking when a grease fire ignited on the stovetop…

by Zak Failla

11/14/2025

Arlington, VA

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DC Killer Admits He Suffocated Ex With Sock, Dumped Her In Mall Dumpster: Feds The man who murdered his ex-girlfriend by suffocating her with a sock and dumping her body in a DC dumpster is facing decades in prison after copping to the crime, authorities announced. Richard Dyson, 57, pleaded guilty to the murder of Donnella Bryan, 62, who was reported missing and later found in a Hechinger Mall dumpster in Northeast DC earlier this year. Bryan was last seen around 12 p.m. on April 17 in the 300 block of N Street NE, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. She was the subject of a critical missing person alert issued the following day. Her body was discovered…

by Zak Failla

11/14/2025

Westminster, MD

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Investigators Seek Review of Allegations Against Carroll County Sheriff Jim DeWees (Developing) Carroll County’s top law enforcement officials are pushing for an outside investigation into allegations they say are flat-out unsupported, calling in state prosecutors to review claims made against Sheriff Jim DeWees. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office isn’t waiting around for rumors to grow legs. Acting Undersheriff Justin Baker said he has formally asked the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor to investigate allegations tied to a civil lawsuit that he says has produced no evidence of wrongdoing by Sheriff Jim DeWees. Baker said the claims came from “a personal civil lawsuit,” and t…

by Zak Failla

11/13/2025

Jessup, MD

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Paraeducator Had Sex With Teen Student He Met On Dating App: Howard County Police An educator in Maryland was arrested after allegedly matching with a teen boy on a dating app and having sex in his vehicle, authorities announced on Thursday. Elkridge resident William Nelson II, 26, a paraeducator at Guilford Park High School in Jessup, has been charged with third-degree sexual offense following an encounter with a student off school grounds on Wednesday, Nov. 12, according to the Howard County Police Department. It is alleged that Nelson met the 15-year-old through a dating app and engaged in sexual intercourse in the educator's vehicle. The teen reported the incide…

by Zak Failla

11/13/2025

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