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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.

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Lifestyle

Winning Numbers For Monday, Oct. 21 Powerball Drawing With Estimated $456 Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Monday, Oct. 21 Powerball drawing. The winning numbers were 01-25-57-62-64 with a Powerball of 15 and the Power Play was 2X. The estimated jackpot is $456 million with a $219.9 million cash option. If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23, which will have an estimated $478 million jackpot. Lottery players have a 1 in 292,201,338 chance of winning a Powerball jackpot by matching all five balls plus the Powerball, according to officials. Prizes then r…

10/22/2024

Police & Fire

Home Explosions, Fire, Rock Quiet Cecil County Community Disaster was largely averted on Monday morning when there was a reported explosion and fire inside a Cecil County home. First responders were called at around 9 a.m. on Oct. 21 to a home on Budds Landing Road in Warwick, where they were met with smoke emanating from the roof of the home. The homeowner, who was found in the garage, confirmed that there had been two explosions in the home and that they were able to safely evacuate while shutting off the gas supply to the residence. The aftermath of the Cecil County fire Cecilton Volunteer Fire Company Once inside, crews found a…

10/21/2024

News

Dozens Taken To Hospital With Food Poisoning Symptoms In Maryland (Developing) Dozens of people were evaluated and treating for food poisoning symptoms in Howard County late on Monday afternoon, officials said. At approximately 3:45 p.m. on Oct. 21, Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services personnel were called to the 7700 block of Chesapeake Bay Court in Jessup, where there were reports of dozens of people who fell ill from reportedly eating the same food. In total, 46 people were evaluated and taken to area hospitals. Each was considered "non-critical." Mutual aid during the investigation was provided by Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties. Cr…

10/21/2024

News

Father Who Sexually, Physically Abused Daughters For Years In Maryland Gets Prison Time A 59-year-old man who repeatedly sexually and physically abused his three daughters will likely spend the rest of his life in prison, the Carroll County State's Attorney's Office announced. Mohammed Ali Hossain, 59, was sentenced on Monday to 90 years in prison for the continued sexual and physical abuse of his young daughters after being convicted by a jury over the summer on all charges. A months-long investigation was launched last year by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and Child Protective Services following tips that Hossain abused his daughters. That investigation determined tha…

10/21/2024

Police & Fire

Waldorf Man Shouting Racial Slurs At Shoppers In Charles County Arrested, Sheriff Says A shotgun-wielding man shouting racial slurs at a pair of shoppers at an area business during an altercation is facing serious charges in Charles County, according to the sheriff's office. Waldorf resident Harold Andrew Howard, 53, was arrested on Sunday afternoon after directing a diatribe at two people inside a White Plains business before allegedly threatening them with the shotgun. Shortly after 4 p.m. on Oct. 20, an officer parked in his patrol car in the parking lot of the business was approached by a man who ran up stating that another shopper just pointed a shotgun at them, accordin…

10/21/2024

Police & Fire

School Employee Reports Indecent Exposure Incident Outside Rippon Middle School: Police A Prince William County Schools employee got an eyeful while heading into work on Monday morning when a man exposed himself in an area parking lot, police say. Officers were called at around 5:40 a.m. on Oct. 21 to Rippon Middle School on Blackburn Road in Woodbridge to investigate a reported indecent exposure incident. According to the Prince William County Police Department, the employee was in the parking lot when an unknown man approached his vehicle, exposed himself and left the area before officers arrived at the school. The suspect was only described as being a Hispanic man who was …

10/21/2024

News

Clinton Dad Who Killed Mother, Grandmother In Front Of Infant In DC Learns His Fate The Maryland man who set an apartment on fire with an infant inside and killed his child's mother and grandmother in Southeast DC more than three years ago may spend the rest of his life in prison. Clinton resident Keenan Turner, 35, was sentenced to 68 years in prison in connection to the April 2021 murders of Wanda and Ebony Wright, the shooting of a third victim, and the attempted murder of an infant when he set the fire, federal authorities announced. Prosecutors say that Turner's intention in committing the offenses was "solely to avoid paying child support." They had been pushi…

10/21/2024

Police & Fire

Driver Rescued From Pond In Fairfax County By Virginia State Police Troopers Virginia State Police troopers had to make a bold rescue on Sunday night when a 40-year-old woman splash landed in a Fairfax County pond, officials say. Two troopers were called shortly before 9:45 p.m. on Oct. 20, to a stretch of eastbound lanes on I-66, when a woman went off the road and into a retention pond near exit 60 (Route 123). The vehicle became submerged, according to police, and the driver was trapped, leading to a brave rescue by the troopers, who were able to get her out of the vehicle through its sunroof. She was taken to an area hospital for evaluation and treatment o…

10/21/2024

Police & Fire

Aggressive Dog Shot, Killed After Getting Loose, Targeting Family In Manassas, Police Say A 56-year-old man was forced to shoot a dog that got loose and went after him while he was walking his own pet in Prince William County over the weekend, police say. Officers were called on Saturday, Oct. 19 to a neighborhood in Manassas when the man and other family members were walking their dogs and were accosted by a pit bull that broke free from a nearby home. The incident was reported at around 10:45 a.m. in the 10700 block of Balls Ford Road. According to the Prince William County Police Department, during the encounter, the man fatally shot the fast-charging dog, while a second dog…

10/21/2024

Traffic

Stretch Of I-66 Shut Down Due To Tractor-Trailer Crash, Fire In Virginia (Developing) All westbound lanes on I-66 in Northern Virginia were shut down on Monday afternoon for a tractor-trailer crash, according to the Department of Transportation. An alert was issued by the DOT when a tractor-trailer overturned and spilled debris into the roadway in Warren County, halting all traffic in the area of exit 6, officials said after the violent crash onto the roadway. The crash also shut down all lanes on Route 522, which was still being cleared as of 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 after the truck caught fire and sent smoke billowing through the air that could be seen by motorists. **UPD…

10/21/2024

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