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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

Schools

School Bus Cleared After Bomb Threat In VA Deemed Not Credible, Police Say A school bus at Forest Park High School had to be cleared on Thursday afternoon after officials received a threat reportedly targeting the vehicle, according to police. Shortly after 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12, the Prince William County Police Department announced it was called to investigate an alleged bomb threat aboard a school bus, which was returned to the high school, and students were safely removed. Officials say that the bus remained unoccupied as a Bomb K9 responded to the scene. *UPDATE: Ref #bombthreat aboard bus at Forest Park HS; the bus has been cleared. No device was …

by Zak Failla

01/12/2023

News

Baby On Board? New VA Bill Would Count Fetus As Passenger In HOV Lanes Having a “baby on board” could take on a new meaning in Virginia if a newly proposed bill is turned into law. House Bill 1894, which was filed this week by a Republican legislator, would deem a pregnant woman’s fetus a passenger in the car, allowing vehicles to use the carpool lanes on Virginia highways. According to the bill, a pregnant woman “shall be considered two people for the purposes of determining occupancy in HOV and HOT lanes, provided that she has proof of pregnancy or, if traveling in a lane monitored by a photo-enforcement system, has certified the pregnancy with the Departme…

by Zak Failla

01/12/2023

Police & Fire

'We Only Need To Get Lucky Once:' Sheriff Touts Heroin, Fentanyl Dealer Bust In VA Complaints of drug sales in a remote part of Spotsylvania County led to the arrest of a wanted man with a checkered criminal history who was busted with suspected heroin and fentanyl, Sheriff Roger Harris says. Matthew Eugene Jett, 37, of Spotsylvania, is behind held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail following his arrest during an investigation into drug sales in the county, the sheriff's office announced on Thursday, Jan. 12. Days earlier, members of the sheriff’s office Street Crimes Unit were surveilling the Partlow and Beaverdam parts of Spotsylvania following repeated comp…

by Zak Failla

01/12/2023

Lifestyle

Good 'Trouble:' Maryland Lottery Player Kicks Off 2023 With $1.5M Jackpot Win There was no “trouble” to the start of the new year for a lucky Maryland Lottery player who claimed the second-largest winning prize in the three-year history of the “FAST PLAY! Hit The Jackpot!” game. A Charles County construction worker who nicknamed himself “Trouble,” is having anything but that after winning a $1,540,418 progressive jackpot to become the second-largest winner since the game’s debut in February 2020, Lottery officials announced this week. “Trouble,” says that he is a regular “Hit the Jackpot!” player and purchased the ticket while inside US Fuel in Waldorf on Monday, J…

by Zak Failla

01/12/2023

Lifestyle

'Future Paleontologist' Finds Massive Megalodon Tooth During Chesapeake Bay Hunt (Photos) A little girl described as a "future paleontologist" didn't find her favorite Christmas gift under the tree from Santa this year, she found it under the waters of Chesapeake Bay. On Christmas morning, while spending her holiday wading through the freezing cold waters near the Calvert Cliffs, 9-year-old Molly Sampson unearthed a relic of the past when she found a massive prehistoric Megalodon tooth nearly the size of her head. Future paleontologist, Molly, was out searching for fossils on Christmas morning when, what to her wondering eyes... Posted by Calvert Marine Museum on Friday, Ja…

by Zak Failla

01/12/2023

Politics

Trump-Appointed Former US Attorney For Maryland Named Special Counsel Investigating Biden Docs Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a familiar face for Marylanders as a special counsel to investigate the handling of classified documents that were found at President Joe Biden’s Delaware home and a Washington office. Robert Hur, the former US Attorney for Maryland who left office in 2021, will be tasked with conducting the inquiry into the handling of the materials after the White House confirmed that his private attorneys found a "small number" of classified documents. “I will conduct the assigned investigation with fair, impartial, and dispassionate judgment. I intend to f…

by Zak Failla

01/12/2023

Lifestyle

Two Icons, One Night: Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks Announce First-Ever Show At M&T Bank Stadium A “New York State of Mind” is coming to Baltimore for one night only as Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks team up for a historic show at M&T Bank Stadium. For the first time, the two music legends will be live on the same stage in Maryland on Saturday, Oct. 7 for a performance that has been dubbed “Two Icons, One Night." JUST ANNOUNCED: Two Icons! One Night! Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks live for the first time at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday, October 7. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 20 at 10am. pic.twitter.com/t5NX7nuJa5 — Billy Joel (@billyjoel) January 12, 2023 Tickets will …

by Zak Failla

01/12/2023

Police & Fire

'Idiot With A Gun' Shoots Children Coming Home From School On DC Metrobus, Police Say Two children coming home from elementary school on Wednesday afternoon were among three shot by “an idiot with a gun” coming off a Washington DC Metrobus, officials announced. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said that at approximately 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, a fight started inside a bus near 14th Street and Fort Stevens that resulted in the children accidentally being struck by errant gunfire. Chief Contee provides an update to the shooting that occurred in the 6000 block of 14TH Street, Northwest. https://t.co/T3u3ApbPK2 — DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) January 11,…

by Zak Failla

01/12/2023

Police & Fire

Dog Abuser Barricades Himself Under Attic Insulation In VA SWAT Standoff, Sheriff Says A wanted fugitive put police through their paces after injuring a dog and taking elaborate steps to hide from officers during a Virginia barricade situation overnight. Arlington resident Nigere Willingham, 38, played a tricky game of hide-and-seek with police in Spotsylvania who were called in an attempt to locate a wanted man at approximately 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Members of the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office and Arlington County Police Department investigating Willingham tracked him to the 11000 block of Newbury Court where he was observed injuring a dog, according to officials. …

by Zak Failla

01/11/2023

News

Man Accused Of Murdering Stepfather, Stabbing Mother During Domestic Dispute In Virginia New information has been released by police investigators in Fairfax County following a fatal domestic dispute that led to a son stabbing his father to death. Adam Timothy Jackson, Jr., 39, is being held without bond after being charged with the murder of his father, 68-year-old Alan Miller Kaufmann in their McLean home on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Fairfax County Police Second Lt. James Curry said that officers were called shortly after 11 p.m. on Tuesday night to the 1200 block of Colonial Road in McLean when a woman reported that her son had stabbed both she and her husband. Officers are on …

by Zak Failla

01/11/2023

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