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Zak Failla

Assistant Managing Editor

zfailla@dailyvoice.com

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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.

Zak Failla's Contributions

Sports

Heartbroken Aaron Rodgers 'Will Rise Yet Again' If not heartbroken, Aaron Rodgers is determined. In an Instagram post days after tearing his ACL four plays into the regular season against the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football, the soon-to-be Hall of Famer vowed not to let the season-ending injury derail his future. Rodgers said in a post that has since gone viral that there has been an inordinate amount of people reaching out to him since the injury, vowing to get back to each and every one. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aaron Rodgers (@aaronrodgers12) The QB had been…

by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine

09/13/2023

Obituaries

Stolen Kia Driver Kills Popular Pair In Fiery Hit-Run Maryland Crash, Police Say Police have identified a pair from Cameroon who emigrated to the United States and settled in Maryland before being killed by a hit-and-run driver late last month. John Fombi, 42, of Bladensburg, and Hyattsville resident Emmaculate Enoh, 34, were driving home from work in late August when they were hit by a driver in Prince William County who fled the scene, leaving the two behind, according to their families. A driver in a stolen Kia was traveling north on Landover Road when it struck a second car attempting to make a turn onto the roadway. Both the Kia and the Toyota Camry that was hit, w…

by Zak Failla

09/13/2023

News

First Human Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Maryland This Year The Maryland Department of Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in 2023. On Wednesday, an alert was issued by the agency advising that an adult living in the Eastern Shore region of Maryland has tested positive for the virus and is now recovering from the infection. The human case comes after several pools of mosquitos tested positive for the virus over the summer. 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. "We are in the season when the West Nile virus can spread in Mar…

by Zak Failla

09/13/2023

Police & Fire

Traffic Stop Leads To Police Pursuit With Stolen Vehicle, Drug Bust In Maryland A 22-year-old year old man didn't make it far after trying to escape police in Anne Arundel County while driving a stolen car. Officers from the Anne Arundel County were baited into a pursuit on Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn when they spotted an orange Dodge Avenger near the intersection of 11th Avenue, which had been reported stolen. When the officers attempted to stop the driver - later identified as Severn resident John Duvall-Phillip Canova, Jr. - took off, making a right turn onto Ritchie Highway before a quick left onto 8th Avenue, where he crashed into a street sign and ended the chase…

by Zak Failla

09/13/2023

News

'Just Plain Evil:' Jealous Inmate Sentenced For Viciously Beating CO With Phone In Maryland An inmate who threw everything but the kitchen sink at a corrections officer in a jealous rage-fueled fury will spend the rest of his days in the Big House. Matthew Dwight Tingler, 39, of Joppa, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to one count of attempted first-degree murder for attacking Cpl. Michael Vesek in the Harford County Detention Center on Nov. 20, 2022, the state’s attorney’s office announced. The vicious assault happened when Vesek, a Correctional Deputy at the detention center for more than two decades, was supervising Tingler during a phone call at the facili…

by Zak Failla

09/13/2023

Police & Fire

One Killed One Hospitalized In Latest Double Shooting In Baltimore, Police Say Police in Baltimore were busy on Wednesday morning as they investigate a double shooting that left one man dead. Shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 13, officers were flagged down by an 18-year-old man who reported that he had been shot and needed to be treated. He was taken by paramedics to an area hospital for evaluation of a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and is expected to survive. While investigating in the area, officers then came upon a 33-year-old man in the 400 block of North Montford Avenue who had been shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead at the scene by first res…

by Zak Failla

09/13/2023

News

Third Teen Charged In Connection To Mass Shooting In Maryland Another teen has been arrested for his alleged role in the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting in Baltimore, city officials announced. On Wednesday, Sept. 13, members of the Baltimore Police Department apprehended a 15-year-old inside a city residence, making him the latest to be arrested for the July shooting in the 800 block of Gretna Court that left two dead and 28 others wounded at a summer block party. He was taken to the Central Booking Intake Facility, where he was charged with 44 offenses that include: Attempted first-degree murder; Conspiracy to commit first-degree murder; Attempted…

by Zak Failla

09/13/2023

News

Second Suspect Arrested For Fatal Triple Northeast DC Shooting: Police Police have identified a second suspected shooter months after 21-year-old Jayvon Jones was gunned down in Northeast DC, officials say. Jerome Dukes, 31, has become the second to be charged with Jones' February murder, after a Hyattsville man was named as a suspect and taken into custody on Tuesday, March 31. Jones was killed and two others injured shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21 in the 1400 block of Saratoga Avenue NE by the gunmen. All three were rushed to area hospitals where Jones later died from his injuries. The Northeast DC resident was arrested over the weekend and cha…

by Zak Failla

09/13/2023

Police & Fire

Accused Killer From Virginia Remains At Large After Great Escape From GWU Hospital The search is heating up for accused killer and Virginia native Christopher Haynes, who earlier this month escaped from a Washington DC hospital. Haynes, 30, remains at large nearly a week after the Manassas resident made his great escape from the George Washington University Hospital on Wednesday, Sept. 6, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Police say that Haynes waived his right to an extradition hearing and was booked in connection to Hayward's murder on Saturday, Aug. 12 before his "prison break." On the day of his escape last week, Haynes feigned an ankle inju…

by Zak Failla

09/12/2023

Police & Fire

Shenandoah National Park Still Smoldering Days After Lightning Strike In Virginia (Photos) Firefighters in Virginia are still working to contain a tricky brush fire that broke out days ago at the Shenandoah National Park due to a lightning strike. Officials say that as of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, a 2.5-acre fire was still smoldering at the park, specifically in some tricky terrain that crews have struggled to navigate, though they were able to establish a fire line to help contain any flare-ups. On Tuesday afternoon, authorities said that that the fire is 50 percent contained, up 20 percent from the previous day. Wildland Fire Update: Eleven firefighters from the Nation…

by Zak Failla

09/12/2023

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