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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Bel Air, MD
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Iconic Tobey Maguire Spider-Man Suit From Raimi Trilogy Swings Into Auction For $100K+ Iconic Tobey Maguire Spider-Man Suit From Raimi Trilogy Swings Into Auction For $100K+ Iconic Tobey Maguire Spider-Man Suit From Raimi Trilogy Swings Into Auction For $100K+
Iconic Tobey Maguire Spider-Man Suit From Raimi Trilogy Swings Into Auction For $100K+ Spider-Man fans, better check your bank accounts — Tobey Maguire’s actual red-and-blue suit from Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 is swinging onto the auction block, and it’s already climbing past six figures. The screen-used costume — worn by Maguire during Sam Raimi’s blockbuster trilogy — is being offered by Propstore Auction, where bidding started at $50,000 and has already hit $100,000, according to the official listing.  Auctioneers estimate it could sell for as much as $200,000 when the hammer drops on Thursday, Sept. 4. The suit isn’t just some replica.  This is the real de…

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Columbia, MD
Breaking News
First Human Case Of West Nile Virus Of 2024 Reported In Central Maryland First Human Case Of West Nile Virus Of 2024 Reported In Central Maryland First Human Case Of West Nile Virus Of 2024 Reported In Central Maryland
First Human Case Of West Nile Virus Of 2024 Reported In Central Maryland The Maryland Department of Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in 2025. On Saturday, an alert was issued by the agency advising that an adult living in Central Maryland has tested positive for the virus and is recovering from the infection. West Nile virus infections have been rare in Maryland, with the state recording four cases in 2021 and just single cases in 2020 and 2022 until spiking with seven in 2023 and 18 confirmed cases in 2024. "We are in the season when the West Nile virus can spread in Maryland,” Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services Dr. Meg Sul…

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National Interest
Unrecognizable? Matt Lauer’s Rare Long Island Sighting Has Fans Stunned Unrecognizable? Matt Lauer’s Rare Long Island Sighting Has Fans Stunned Unrecognizable? Matt Lauer’s Rare Long Island Sighting Has Fans Stunned
Unrecognizable? Matt Lauer’s Rare Long Island Sighting Has Fans Stunned Embattled former Today Show host Matt Lauer made a rare public appearance on Long Island — and his look had some former fans doing a double-take. Celebrity photographer Danny Ordonez captured the shot of Lauer during an evening out in Sag Harbor, though his appearance was jarring for some, who had some comments on his outfit. In the photo, Lauer is clean shaven, sporting blindingly white shoes, pants, complete with a black-and-white shirt featuring a bright pattern.  "Matt Lauer keeping it low-key in Sag Harbor after a dinner outing, the former Today Show co-anchor looked ca…

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by Zak Failla
Elkton, MD
Breaking News
Charlestown Grandfather Months From Retirement Killed by 'Grossly Negligent' Driver: Officials Charlestown Grandfather Months From Retirement Killed by 'Grossly Negligent' Driver: Officials Charlestown Grandfather Months From Retirement Killed by 'Grossly Negligent' Driver: Officials
Charlestown Grandfather Months From Retirement Killed by 'Grossly Negligent' Driver: Officials A distracted Maryland driver who took the life of a beloved husband and grandfather in a deadly head-on crash is heading to prison for years, authorities announced on Friday. Charles DeStefano, Jr., of Elkton, has been sentenced to serve six years in prison after being convicted of speeding and causing the fatal crash that claimed the life of William R. Rupp in September 2023, according to the Cecil County State's Attorney's Office. This week, DeStefano was handed the sentence by Cecil County Circuit Court Administrative Judge Brenda Sexton after being convicted in June of grossly negligent…

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by Zak Failla
Waldorf, MD
Breaking News
Mercedes Grocery Heist In Waldorf Ends In Crash; $1.2K Stash Recovered: Sheriff Mercedes Grocery Heist In Waldorf Ends In Crash; $1.2K Stash Recovered: Sheriff Mercedes Grocery Heist In Waldorf Ends In Crash; $1.2K Stash Recovered: Sheriff
Mercedes Grocery Heist In Waldorf Ends In Crash; $1.2K Stash Recovered: Sheriff A Mercedes getaway car loaded with stolen groceries turned a Maryland theft into a crash-and-chase case, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say the suspects — Lonnell Demontae Jennings, 27, and Khadijah Tufaye Spurlock, 24, both of Washington, DC — stuffed a shopping cart with about $1,200 worth of detergent, meat, and other items from a Waldorf grocery store before trying to make a quick escape. Patrol officers in Charles County spotted the pair getting into a white Mercedes ML350 in the store’s parking lot around 10:59 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20. Jennings floored it, bu…

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Bel Air, MD
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From Custody In Tennessee After Deportation Outrage In Maryland Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From Custody In Tennessee After Deportation Outrage In Maryland Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From Custody In Tennessee After Deportation Outrage In Maryland
Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From Custody In Tennessee After Deportation Outrage In Maryland "Maryland Man" Kilmar Abrego Garcia has reportedly been released from custody in Tennessee and is heading home months after his detention and deportation made national headlines. The alleged former MS-13 gang member was freed from the Putnam County Jail and is on his way back to Maryland to reunite with his family, according to multiple reports. "Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free," his lawyer, Sean Hecker, said in a statement. "He is presently en route to his family in Maryland, after being unlawfully arrested and deported, and then imprisoned, all because of the government’s vindictive a…

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by Zak Failla
Elkridge, MD
Breaking News
Elkridge Grocery Store Shooting: Security Guard Opens Fire During Altercation, Police Say Elkridge Grocery Store Shooting: Security Guard Opens Fire During Altercation, Police Say Elkridge Grocery Store Shooting: Security Guard Opens Fire During Altercation, Police Say
Elkridge Grocery Store Shooting: Security Guard Opens Fire During Altercation, Police Say Shoppers at a Maryland grocery store were had to duck for cover when a fight between security guards and a man ended in gunfire, police said. Howard County police are investigating a shooting that broke out during a midday altercation outside an Elkridge store on Friday afternoon. The incident was reported around 12:40 p.m. on Aug. 22, outside the Green Valley Marketplace on the 7200 block of Montgomery Road, police said. Investigators believe a fight erupted between an armed security guard and a man, during which, one security guard suffered a head injury. A second guard then pulled his …

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by Zak Failla
Fredericksburg, VA
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Virginia Infant’s Death Ruled Homicide; Mom, Boyfriend Behind Bars: Sheriff Virginia Infant’s Death Ruled Homicide; Mom, Boyfriend Behind Bars: Sheriff Virginia Infant’s Death Ruled Homicide; Mom, Boyfriend Behind Bars: Sheriff
Virginia Infant’s Death Ruled Homicide; Mom, Boyfriend Behind Bars: Sheriff A Virginia mother and her boyfriend are behind bars after investigators say her 3-month-old baby boy died and his death was ruled a homicide. Angela Holloman, 22, the infant’s mother, and Andrew Phillips, 29, her boyfriend, were both indicted in connection with the death of Asher Holloman last fall. Specifically, both were charged with homicide, abuse/neglect of a child resulting in serious injury, and child endangerment/cruelty. Deputies and Spotsylvania Fire and Rescue rushed to a home in the 12600 block of Orange Plank Road on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, for reports of an infant in respira…

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Lexington Park, MD
Breaking News
Litter Bug Tosses Can, Trashes Ticket, Ends Up Cuffed In Maryland: Sheriff Litter Bug Tosses Can, Trashes Ticket, Ends Up Cuffed In Maryland: Sheriff Litter Bug Tosses Can, Trashes Ticket, Ends Up Cuffed In Maryland: Sheriff
Litter Bug Tosses Can, Trashes Ticket, Ends Up Cuffed In Maryland: Sheriff A Maryland man managed to get himself arrested for littering not once, but twice — after crumpling up the very ticket he’d just been given, officials said. It all started with a routine fuel stop. On Wednesday, Aug. 20, a Wicomico County Sheriff’s sergeant was filling up his patrol vehicle at a convenience store on the 1000 block of Eastern Shore Drive in Salisbury.  That’s when he spotted Dominic Everetts, 59, of Salisbury, hanging out by the building with an open alcoholic beverage, according to the sheriff’s office. Before the sergeant could finish pumping gas, police said Everett…

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Manassas, VA
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Virginia Officer, Neighbors Bitten After Pack Of Rottweilers Runs Loose In Manassas: Police Virginia Officer, Neighbors Bitten After Pack Of Rottweilers Runs Loose In Manassas: Police Virginia Officer, Neighbors Bitten After Pack Of Rottweilers Runs Loose In Manassas: Police
Virginia Officer, Neighbors Bitten After Pack Of Rottweilers Runs Loose In Manassas: Police Gunshots rang out this week in an otherwise quiet Virginia neighborhood when a pack of three Rottweilers got loose and bit several neighbors and a police officer, authorities said.  A vicious animal complaint ended with one dog shot, two surrendered, and a Manassas pet owner facing charges, according to Prince William County Police. The incident was reported on Wednesday, Aug. 20, around 8:45 a.m. when officers were called to the 7500 block of Whitehall Drive, where the dogs were found roaming the neighborhood and acting aggressively after biting two people. When officers arrived, the…

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