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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Towson, MD
Breaking News
Animal Control Called After Fire Erupts At Baltimore County Reptile House (PHOTOS) Animal Control Called After Fire Erupts At Baltimore County Reptile House (PHOTOS)
Animal Control Called After Fire Erupts At Baltimore County Reptile House (Photos) A Sunday evening fire in Maryland came with some particularly cold-blooded concerns. Firefighters were called to the Holt Park Reptile House in the 100 block of McCormick Avenue in Fullerton on Sunday, Aug. 9, where crews arrived to find a two-story building on fire, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. The fire brought a sizable response to the park as crews worked around the building and stretched hoses across the property. It was extinguished at approximately 7:40 p.m., fire officials said. No injuries were reported. But there was one lingering concern after the flames w…

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Stafford, VA
Breaking News
Photos Show Devastation After Fire Tears Through Stafford County Home Photos Show Devastation After Fire Tears Through Stafford County Home
Photos Show Devastation After Fire Tears Through Stafford County Home There wasn't much left untouched when the flames were finally knocked down. Firefighters were called to a home in the 100 block of Indian Point Road in Stafford County at approximately 1:45 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, where they found heavy fire ripping through an attached garage and spreading into the two-story Virginia residence, according to Stafford County Fire and Rescue. It moved fast. Flames extended from the garage farther into the home before rapidly reaching the attic and roof, fire officials said. The aftermath of the fire in Stafford County. Stafford County Fire and Resc…

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Edgewood, MD
Obituaries
Edgewood High Athlete ‘Treezy’ Had One Dream Nobody Could Talk Him Out Of Edgewood High Athlete ‘Treezy’ Had One Dream Nobody Could Talk Him Out Of
Edgewood High Athlete ‘Treezy’ Had One Dream Nobody Could Talk Him Out Of Byren “Treezy” Paige knew where he was going. He just never got the chance to get there in Maryland. The 17-year-old Edgewood teen killed while changing a tire on I-695 in Baltimore County early Sunday, Aug. 2, is being remembered as a budding barber, rapper, athlete, loyal friend and larger-than-life personality who had already mapped out part of his future. Treezy was going to open his own barbershop. And according to his family, there was no talking him out of it. “Byren was a special kid—not your average teenager,” his family wrote in a GoFundMe campaign launched after his death. “He …

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Fredericksburg, VA
Your Community
Storm Leaves A Mess Behind In Virginia As Power Poles Snap, Lights Go Dark Storm Leaves A Mess Behind In Virginia As Power Poles Snap, Lights Go Dark
Storm Leaves A Mess Behind In Virginia As Power Poles Snap, Lights Go Dark Mother Nature left behind a mess in Virginia, and the cleanup was still snarling traffic Sunday morning Snapped power poles and downed wires left parts of Brandy Station without electricity after Saturday’s severe weather, while deputies and Virginia State Police troopers were forced to direct traffic at a busy Culpeper County intersection, according to the sheriff’s office The trouble remained Sunday, Aug. 9, at the intersection of Atlanthus Road and Route 29, where traffic lights were without power The Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office said the signals were operating on a battery expected…

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Fredericksburg, VA
Breaking News
Virginia Party Erupts In Gunfire, Leaving One Dead As Shooter Remains At Large (DEVELOPING) Virginia Party Erupts In Gunfire, Leaving One Dead As Shooter Remains At Large (DEVELOPING)
Virginia Party Erupts In Gunfire, Leaving One Dead As Shooter Remains At Large (Developing) A night of partying in Virginia turned deadly when deputies responding to complaints of gunfire watched an altercation unfold and heard the shot that left a man dead. Fauquier County deputies were called to a rural property on Bowery Lane in Catlett at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, after the county's Emergency Communications Center began receiving complaints about noise from an outdoor party and guns being fired, according to Sheriff Jeremy Falls. When deputies arrived, they found a large crowd and could still hear continuous gunfire in the area. They began leaving the prope…

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Woodbridge, VA
Breaking News
Trapped Residents Rescued As 3-Alarm Blaze Tears Through Woodbridge Apartments Trapped Residents Rescued As 3-Alarm Blaze Tears Through Woodbridge Apartments
Trapped Residents Rescued As 3-Alarm Blaze Tears Through Woodbridge Apartments Fire was already ripping through all three floors when crews got there. Firefighters made multiple rescues as flames tore through a three-story Virginia apartment building at around 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, leaving two members of the department injured as the response quickly grew to three alarms. Crews were called to the 15700 block of Tassia Lane in Woodbridge, where the first companies arriving found fire showing from the rear of the garden-style apartment building, according to Prince William Professional Firefighters. And it wasn't confined to one floor. Fire was burning on all th…

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Towson, MD
Breaking News
Friday Night Fighter: Cancer Won't Sideline Maryland Football Star Jesse Perry Without A Battle Friday Night Fighter: Cancer Won't Sideline Maryland Football Star Jesse Perry Without A Battle
Friday Night Fighter: Cancer Won't Sideline Maryland Football Star Jesse Perry Without A Battle Jesse Perry knows what it means to take a hit. Now, the Maryland football player is facing a fight that has nothing to do with Friday nights. Perry, a Boys' Latin School of Maryland football player who wore No. 42 for the Lakers, is beginning treatment for cancer as family, friends and loved ones rally around the young athlete. A GoFundMe campaign, "Standing with Jesse Through His Treatment," has been launched to help Perry and his family through what comes next. The campaign features a photo of Perry in his Boys' Latin uniform, smiling and flexing both arms after taking the field. It's …

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Fairfax, VA
Breaking News
Occupant Fighting For Life After Flames Tear Through Fairfax County Home Occupant Fighting For Life After Flames Tear Through Fairfax County Home
Occupant Fighting For Life After Flames Tear Through Fairfax County Home A house fire in Virginia sent one occupant to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after flames broke out shortly before 6:40 p.m. on  Saturday, Aug. 8, according to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. Firefighters were called to a two-story, single-family home in the Dunn Loring area following reports of smoke showing from the residence. By the time crews arrived, they found both smoke and fire showing from the home. Firefighters quickly went to work. Crews began searching the house while simultaneously attacking the flames, officials said. One occupant was ultima…

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Silver Spring, MD
Breaking News
Maryland Mom Detained At ICE Check-In Weeks After Husband Was Taken In Montgomery County Maryland Mom Detained At ICE Check-In Weeks After Husband Was Taken In Montgomery County
Maryland Mom Detained At ICE Check-In Weeks After Husband Was Taken In Montgomery County They came to America hoping to build a better life for their children. Now those children are facing life without either parent at home. Jessica Yojana Hernandez Quintano was detained during a scheduled ICE check-in on Thursday, Aug. 6, according to the Montgomery County Immigrant Rights Collective, leaving her three children without either parent after her husband, Samuel, was previously taken into federal immigration custody. Their children are 19, 16, and 10. "Instead of being allowed to return home to her children, she was detained," organizers wrote in an update to a GoFundMe campaign …

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Silver Spring, MD
Your Community
Shaq Attack: Big Chicken Goes Standalone In Maryland With First Restaurant Shaq Attack: Big Chicken Goes Standalone In Maryland With First Restaurant
Shaq Attack: Big Chicken Goes Standalone In Maryland With First Restaurant Maryland's chicken game just got a whole lot bigger. Shaquille O'Neal's Big Chicken is celebrating the grand opening of its first standalone Maryland restaurant on Saturday, Aug. 8, at Waugh Chapel Towne Centre in Gambrills, bringing the NBA Hall of Famer's larger-than-life menu to Anne Arundel County after first testing local appetites inside Baltimore's CFG Bank Arena. And they're marking the occasion with some free food. The first 100 customers in line at 1407 South Main Chapel Way will get three chicken tenders and four signature dipping sauces for free, a nod to O'Neal's iconic No. 34…

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