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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Middle River, MD
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She Gave Baltimore County Officers Her Knife, Then Officers Say She Reached For Another Weapon She Gave Baltimore County Officers Her Knife, Then Officers Say She Reached For Another Weapon
She Gave Baltimore County Officers Her Knife, Then Officers Say She Reached For Another Weapon She gave up one weapon. Police say she then reached for another. A woman remains in critical condition on Friday, Sept. 4, a day after a Baltimore County Police officer shot her during an early-morning encounter in Maryland. The shooting was reported around 6 a.m. on Thursday in the 1000 block of Carroll Island Road in Middle River, where officers had been sent to find an armed woman wanted in connection with an assault. Police found her sitting inside a vehicle parked near the end of the road. What happened next is now under investigation by the Maryland Attorney General's Independent In…

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Bowie, MD
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Thief Steals Bowie Landscaper's Livelihood As Community Steps Up To Help Him Bounce Back Thief Steals Bowie Landscaper's Livelihood As Community Steps Up To Help Him Bounce Back
Thief Steals Bowie Landscaper's Livelihood As Community Steps Up To Help Him Bounce Back A thief picked the wrong landscaper to mess with in Maryland. Doug Halloran makes his living keeping lawns around the Bowie community in shape through his aptly named Lawbusters Lawn Service, but now he's the one looking for an assist after his mower was stolen. The theft left Halloran without a piece of equipment he depends on for work and prompted a friend to launch a fundraiser to help replace it. Halloran is a familiar face beyond the lawns he maintains. He's also a member of the Bowie Lions Club and has earned a reputation for giving his time back to the community, according to GoFun…

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Lexington Park, MD
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Woman Killed During Argument That Escalated Inside Maryland Home: State Police Woman Killed During Argument That Escalated Inside Maryland Home: State Police
Woman Killed During Argument That Escalated Inside Maryland Home: State Police An argument inside a Maryland home turned deadly Thursday night, police say. Shortly after 8 p.m. on Sept. 3, Maryland State Police troopers were called to a home in the 400 block of Ethels Way in Salisbury, where they found 29-year-old Jordan Holt suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. She never made it out. Holt was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, according to state police. Investigators say Holt had been arguing with 29-year-old Salisbury resident Gage Mitchell inside the home when the confrontation escalated. That's when Mitchell allegedly shot her and fled, police sai…

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College Park, MD
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No School, No Sports: Prince George's Closes All Schools, Reschedules Games After Storms No School, No Sports: Prince George's Closes All Schools, Reschedules Games After Storms
No School, No Sports: Prince George's Closes All Schools, Reschedules Games After Storms A rough start to Friday has forced a major change for families across Maryland. Prince George’s County Public Schools announced that all schools will be closed on Friday, Sept. 4, after early morning storms knocked out power to dozens of schools and offices across the district. Downed trees and power lines are also slowing recovery efforts, school officials said. As of 7:20 a.m., more than 30 schools and facilities were without power, including Central High, Fairmont Heights High, Kettering Middle, Walker Mill Middle and multiple elementary schools. The outages were widespread enough for …

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Landover, MD
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Child Fighting For Life After Being Shot Inside Landover Home (DEVELOPING) Child Fighting For Life After Being Shot Inside Landover Home (DEVELOPING)
Child Fighting For Life After Being Shot Inside Landover Home (Developing) A child is fighting for their life after a shooting inside a Maryland home. Prince George's County Police were called to the 300 block of Tayside Way in the Landover area at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, where officers found a child suffering from a gunshot wound inside a residence. The child was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition, police said. Now detectives are trying to determine exactly what happened. Patrol officers, detectives and the department's evidence team remained at the scene Thursday night as investigators began working to piece together the cir…

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Arlington, VA
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33-Hour Workdays? Florida Woman's Federal Side Hustle In Maryland Gets Feds' Attention 33-Hour Workdays? Florida Woman's Federal Side Hustle In Maryland Gets Feds' Attention
33-Hour Workdays? Florida Woman's Federal Side Hustle In Maryland Gets Feds' Attention Richeline Anisso Fung may be the hardest-working employee in the federal government. The Florida woman who used to live in Maryland admitted that she claimed to work 33 hours a day while earning money from multiple agencies during her time in the DC area, according to the US Attorney's Office. Richeline Anisso Fung, 46, now of Pembroke Pines, Florida, pleaded guilty to making false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims while working as a full-time employee for the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. According to court documents, Fung was a full-t…

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Arlington, VA
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Maryland Man Expected 9-Year-Old At DC Meetup, But Federal Agents Were Waiting: DOJ Maryland Man Expected 9-Year-Old At DC Meetup, But Federal Agents Were Waiting: DOJ
Maryland Man Expected 9-Year-Old At DC Meetup, But Federal Agents Were Waiting: DOJ "KingDaddy89" is heading to prison. A 40-year-old Maryland man has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison after traveling into DC with a phone loaded with child pornography, federal authorities announced. Largo resident Marshall Day, also known by his moniker and "Mike LeRoy," pleaded guilty in March to one count of transportation of child pornography after investigators say he walked into a sting while expecting to meet a 9-year-old girl for sex. According to court documents, Day logged onto a fetish website on Oct. 8, 2025, and attempted to arrange a sexual encounter. During an …

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Fredericksburg, VA
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Two Massage Workers On Same Virginia Block Raped Nearly Six Months Apart: Spotsy Sheriff Two Massage Workers On Same Virginia Block Raped Nearly Six Months Apart: Spotsy Sheriff
Two Massage Workers On Same Virginia Block Raped Nearly Six Months Apart: Spotsy Sheriff A sexual assault reported nearly six months ago has now been linked to a second attack in Virginia. The search is on for 30-year-old Spotsylvania resident Cesar Mario Torres Juarez after investigators connected the March 12 rape of a massage therapy worker to a similar attack reported on Sunday, Aug. 31 in Fredericksburg, authorities announced. The first victim told Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office investigators that she was working at a massage therapy business in the 5000 block of Plank Road when she was forcibly raped. Detectives collected physical and photographic evidence at the s…

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Annapolis, MD
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'Second Home' Closing: Beloved Annapolis Coffee Shop's Team Faces Heartbreaking Goodbye 'Second Home' Closing: Beloved Annapolis Coffee Shop's Team Faces Heartbreaking Goodbye
'Second Home' Closing: Beloved Annapolis Coffee Shop's Team Faces Heartbreaking Goodbye The coffee was never really the point. For nearly seven years, a Maryland coffee shop has offered something harder to find than a good cup of joe: a place where people with intellectual and developmental disabilities could work, grow, belong, and be seen for what they could do. Now, that chapter is coming to an end. Bitty & Beau's Coffee is set to close its downtown Annapolis location on Sunday, Sept. 13, leaving behind a team that supporters say turned the City Dock shop into far more than another stop for caffeine. Since opening in February 2020, it has become a second home for many…

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Annapolis, MD
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Ex-Deputy Supplied Explosives, Know-How To Annapolis Hunter Facing 64 Felony Charges: Police Ex-Deputy Supplied Explosives, Know-How To Annapolis Hunter Facing 64 Felony Charges: Police
Ex-Deputy Supplied Explosives, Know-How To Annapolis Hunter Facing 64 Felony Charges: Police The explosives that helped trigger 64 felony charges in Maryland earlier this year allegedly came with some expert guidance. Now, a former Prince George's County Sheriff's Office K-9 handler is accused of providing both. Micah Y. Sam, 51, of Brandywine, was arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 2, after Anne Arundel County fire investigators linked him to an explosives investigation that began months earlier at a home in the 1200 block of Blackwalnut Lane in Annapolis. Investigators allege Sam supplied explosive materials to Lee Scott Wygal Ralston, 37, along with information and technical guidance…

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