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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

Traffic

I-270 Shut Down As Police Rescue 'Critically Missing' Person From Median In Montgomery County Traffic on I-270 in Montgomery County came to a standstill Thursday as officers worked to safely take a missing person from Virginia into custody, officials said. The incident unfolded around 11:49 a.m. on April 3, when Montgomery County Police were called to Longwood Drive near the Beltway retaining wall for a suspicious vehicle parked just off the road, according to the department. Investigators quickly discovered the vehicle belonged to a critically missing person from Manassas. Shortly after, police began getting multiple calls reporting someone walking along the Beltway and I-270 matc…

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

Obituaries

Mom Of 3 Killed In Owings Mills Murder-Suicide Remembered As ‘Glue Holding Family Together’ A beloved Maryland mother of three who was found dead alongside her husband inside their Baltimore County home is being remembered by loved ones as a beautiful light and selfless friend. Karen Halle Franklin, 59, was identified by police as the woman found fatally shot on Tuesday, April 1 inside her home on Avery Hill Drive in Owings Mills,. Both Franklin and her husband, Gary Franklin, 63, were found suffering from gunshot wounds, and their deaths were ruled a murder-suicide, police said on Thursday. Jill Cohen, who called Franklin her best friend of nearly 34 years, launched a GoFundMe t…

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

Traffic

FAA Cracks Down At Reagan National After Safety Scares, Boosts Controller Oversight A major shakeup is underway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) as federal officials move to tighten oversight and protect the well-being of air traffic controllers following recent safety concerns. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced this week that it will boost staffing, review arrival rates, and deploy mental health support services for air traffic control teams working at the busy Virginia airport. The action comes in response to recent National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations after a string of concerning runway incidents near DCA, inclu…

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

Police & Fire

Temple Hills Gunman Killed Two, Injured One In Late-Night Triple Shooting, Police Say A Temple Hills man has been charged with gunning down two men and injuring a third outside a business on Silver Hill Road in Prince George’s County, officials say. Marc Carter, 31, is accused of fatally shooting 32-year-old Antonio Magruder of District Heights and 56-year-old Darrell Mason of Suitland on Friday, March 28, the Prince George’s County Police Department announced on Thursday. The deadly gunfire rang out just before 10:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of Silver Hill Road. According to police, Magruder was found shot inside a business and died at the scene. Mason was discovered in a ve…

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

Police & Fire

Flames Tear Through Ashburn Garage, Displaces Family, Pets: Fire Officials A Loudoun County family and their two dogs are displaced after a fiery garage inferno tore through their Ashburn home Thursday morning, April 3, sending one person to the hospital, fire officials said. It happened around 9 a.m. in the 21000 block of Awbrey Place, where multiple 911 callers reported flames and heavy smoke coming from a two-story, single-family home’s garage, according to Loudoun County Fire and Rescue. Fire crews from Moorefield, Ashburn, Brambleton, Lansdowne, Kincora, and South Riding all responded, along with several command officers. First-arriving units found the…

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

Police & Fire

Former School Employee Offered Teen Student Money For Sex In Maryland, Sheriff Says A former high school staff member in Southern Maryland is facing serious charges after allegedly offering money for sex to a student through social media, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. John Alan Lynch, 28, of Indian Head, has been accused of sexually abusing a student he tracked down and solicited online, officials say. Specifically, Lynch was charged with: Sexual abuse of a minor; Sexual solicitation of a minor; Solicitation for prostitution. Investigators say the incident happened on Jan. 23, while Lynch was working as a building service worker at Henry E. Lackey Hig…

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

Schools

Wanted Woman Called In Bomb Threat To Covington Harper Elementary School, Police Say A Maryland woman is at large after allegedly calling in a bomb threat to a Northern Virginia elementary school, triggering a police investigation and arrest warrant, officials said. The Prince William County Police Department says officers responded just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 2, to Covington-Harper Elementary School in Dumfries after receiving a report of a phone threat. The caller — later identified as 32-year-old Nidera Fortune of Fairmont, Maryland — allegedly called in a bomb threat to the building, prompting school officials to contact police. Investigators quickly determ…

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

Police & Fire

Mechanicsville Man Who Killed Stepdad With Shotgun Gets Max Sentence: Prosecutors The Mechanicsville man who murdered his stepfather with a shotgun blast to the head will spend the rest of his life behind bars, prosecutors in Southern Maryland announced. Marvin Orlando Johnson, 39, was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison for the premeditated May 2023 murder of his stepfather inside a home on Three Notch Road, the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. The sentence followed a four-day jury trial in July 2024 that ended with Johnson’s conviction on first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime. On May 24, 2023, de…

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

News

One Dead, One Critical After Overnight Shootout Outside Woodlawn Apartment Complex: Police One man is dead and another suffered critical injuries during an overnight shootout near apartments in Virginia, police confirmed. Officers from the Fairfax County Police Department were called around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 3 to the 8400 block of Madge Lane in Woodlawn, where there was a reported shooting. When they arrived, first responders found two men suffering from gunshot wounds, a spokesperson for the agency said. One was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other was rushed to the hospital with what were described as life-threatening injuries. Investigators say they believe …

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

Lifestyle

Final Spin': Pat Sajak Returns To ‘Celebrity Wheel Of Fortune’ For Star-Studded Goodbye Maryland's Pat Sajak is coming back for "One Final Spin" in prime time. Less than a year after retiring from the beloved show following four decades on air, the Severna Park resident is set to join Vanna White for one final run hosting ‘Celebrity Wheel of Fortune,’ with episodes beginning Wednesday, April 30. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (@celebritywheeloffortune) Last year, the 78-year-old Anne Arundel native announced he would be stepping away—making him the Guinness World Record holder for t…

by Zak Failla

04/03/2025

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