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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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Protesters Charged Amid Demonstration During Controversial Senate Vote In DC: Capitol Police Protesters Charged Amid Demonstration During Controversial Senate Vote In DC: Capitol Police
Protesters Charged Amid Demonstration During Controversial Senate Vote In DC: Capitol Police More than a dozen protesters were charged in Washington, DC after ignoring US Capitol Police commands to disperse as they were illegally blocking traffic, officials say. US Capital Police officers charged a total of 16 people for crowding, obstructing, and incommoding during a demonstration that started on First Street, NE and Constitution Avenue that began at approximately 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8. It’s time to bring democracy home. This D.C. resident says #HandsOffDC! https://t.co/SxOHD3sVcB — Sandy Sorensen (@dcdirectorsandy) March 8, 2023 There was also one arrest for vandalism…

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Driver Killed In Two-Car Crash At Quiet Harford County Intersection, State Police Say Driver Killed In Two-Car Crash At Quiet Harford County Intersection, State Police Say
Driver Killed In Two-Car Crash At Quiet Harford County Intersection, State Police Say One person was killed and a second hospitalized after a violent crash that led to lengthy lane closures in Harford County on Wednesday morning. Michael Elliot, 74, of Bel Air, was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash at the intersection of Prospect Road and Whiteford Road on Wednesday, March 8, that involved 30-year-old Belcamp resident Sanelisiwe Masondo. According to Maryland State Police investigators, troopers were called shortly before 11 a.m. on Wednesday morning to the Whiteford intersection to investigate a crash involving Elliot’s Toyota Tacoma, which was traveling north on Whit…

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Alert Issued For Missing NC Teen Who May Be In Virginia Alert Issued For Missing NC Teen Who May Be In Virginia
Alert Issued For Missing NC Teen Who May Be In Virginia Seen her? Law enforcement officials in the region are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Leana Lang, who has been missing for nearly a month and could have made her way to Virginia, investigators believe. An alert was issued by members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit in North Carolina regarding Lang, who may be frequenting Loudoun County after going missing last month, according to the AWARE Foundation. The call for service concerning Lang came shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, when she was last seen leaving Olympic Hi…

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One Killed, Two Hospitalized In Southeast DC Shooting Under Investigation: MPD One Killed, Two Hospitalized In Southeast DC Shooting Under Investigation: MPD
One Killed, Two Hospitalized In Southeast DC Shooting Under Investigation: MPD Members of the Metropolitan Police Department are investigating a violent night that saw at least three people shot, one of whom was killed, officials say. The busy evening for first responders began shortly before 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, when there was a reported shooting in the 2700 block of Bruce Place in Southeast, DC. Upon arrival, officers found two victims suffering from gunshot wounds, 23-year-old Dana Faulkner, of Southeast, and a second man who was rushed to an area hospital for treatment and evaluation of his injury. Shortly thereafter, police were then called to the int…

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Teacher Accused Of Two-Year Relationship With Young Girl In Charles County: Sheriff Teacher Accused Of Two-Year Relationship With Young Girl In Charles County: Sheriff
Teacher Accused Of Two-Year Relationship With Young Girl In Charles County: Sheriff An educator in Charles County is behind bars after being busted for allegedly carrying on an illicit relationship with a young girl over the course of more than two years. David Warren Henson, Jr., 53, of Waldorf, has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor and child pornography after it was reported that he repeatedly abused an adolescent girl, a Charles County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said on Wednesday, March 8. At the time of the abuse, officials say that Henson was employed as a teacher of Grace Lutheran Church in La Plata since 2021, and the girl was known to him, though she was…

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Reward Offered For Info After Patterson HS Student Gunned Down Near Campus Reward Offered For Info After Patterson HS Student Gunned Down Near Campus
Reward Offered For Info After Patterson HS Student Gunned Down Near Campus Police in Baltimore are seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to identify and locate the suspect wanted for fatally shooting 16-year-old Izaiah Carter near a Baltimore high school on Monday. A reward of up to $8,000 has been offered by Metro Crime Stoppers for tips that lead to the arrest and prosecution for the gunman who shot and killed Carter for unknown reasons next to Patterson High School.  . @BaltimorePolice are asking for tips in the murder of 16 year old Izaiah Carter. He was killed in the 5900 blk of East Pratt Street in Joseph E. Lee Park, next to Patterson High Sch…

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'Popping' BMW Ignites, Causes $150K In Damages To Harford County Home, Fire Marshal Says 'Popping' BMW Ignites, Causes $150K In Damages To Harford County Home, Fire Marshal Says
'Popping' BMW Ignites, Causes $150K In Damages To Harford County Home, Fire Marshal Says A Harford County homeowner acted quickly when his BMW unexpectedly caught fire, but not before the flames rapidly spread to the rest of the garage, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Officials say that a Locus Lane resident in Bel Air was home at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7, when he heard a “popping sound” coming from his garage. Further investigation found smoke coming from under the hood of a 2014 BMW 582i, which he attempted to push out of the garage, but it quickly spread from under the hood and out of control. He and his adult daughter were able to safely e…

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Police ID Teen Girls Killed In Montgomery County Crash Police ID Teen Girls Killed In Montgomery County Crash
Police ID Teen Girls Killed In Montgomery County Crash Two teens were killed over the weekend in an early-morning crash that sent an Infiniti ping-ponging off of several other fixed objects before coming to rest under a utility pole, according to a Montgomery County Department of Police spokesperson. Police say that Germantown resident Leslie Kristin Ventura, and Rockville resident Kailey Briana Vigil, both 19, both died from their injuries in a crash shortly after 4 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 on Montrose Road near Hitching Post Lane in Gaithersburg. The investigation determined that a black 2012 Infiniti G37 with possibly four occupants inside…

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Elusive Escaped Inmate On The Run Hours After Fleeing Custody In DC: Police Elusive Escaped Inmate On The Run Hours After Fleeing Custody In DC: Police
Elusive Escaped Inmate On The Run Hours After Fleeing Custody In DC: Police New photos have been released by the Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday night as they continue to search for Kenneth Phillips, who escaped custody and is at large. The MPD advised that the 22-year-old Phillips was able to wriggle away from his police detail during a planned medical visit at an area hospital early on Tuesday, March 7, and remained on the run hours later at approximately 7 p.m., as the Department of Corrections continue their exhaustive search. Phillips was previously arrested in November 2021 and held in DC Jail on carjacking and burglary charges. He made his great e…

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Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Porsche In Charles County Was Impaired, State Police Say Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Porsche In Charles County Was Impaired, State Police Say
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Porsche In Charles County Was Impaired, State Police Say State police investigators say that a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a Porsche in Charles County was under the influence of alcohol. Shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, troopers from the La Plata Barrack responded to a stretch of Crain Highway near Acton Lane in Waldorf, where there was a report of a pedestrian who had been struck by a passing vehicle. The preliminary investigation determined that Waldorf resident Mark Anthony Connor, Sr., 58, was driving a 2015 Porsche Macan S southbound on Route 301 when a 35-year-old man - whose name has not been released pending th…

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