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.

Zak Failla's Contributions

Hyattsville, MD

Breaking News

For Three Years, Hyattsville Metro Murder Had No Suspect: Police Say That Just Changed Three years later, detectives say they finally know who killed Avrell Milam. The break in the Maryland murder case led investigators to Washington, DC, where a 67-year-old man was arrested this month in connection with the fatal 2023 stabbing, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Kevin Warbington, who has no fixed address, is accused of killing Milam, 33, whose body was found outside near the Hyattsville Crossing Metro station in the early-morning hours of Aug. 30, 2023. Milam had also been living without a fixed address. Hyattsville Police officers were called to th…

by Zak Failla

09/29/2026

Elkridge, MD

Breaking News

Elkridge Teen Sentenced In Murder Of Maryland Senior Who Grabbed Armed Robber's Gun A Maryland high school senior was killed fighting back against a group of masked gunmen who tried to rob him and a friend near a trail last year. Now, two 18-year-olds will spend decades in prison for the murder of Jonathan Benjamin Guiliani, who was shot and killed near the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail in Glen Burnie on May 4, 2025. Mekhi Andrew Duncan, of Baltimore, was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 28, to life in prison with all but 35 years suspended after pleading guilty to first-degree felony murder in July, according to the Anne Arundel County State's Attorney's Office. Mactouko Jun…

by Zak Failla

09/29/2026

Manassas, VA

Breaking News

No Socks, No Time: Manassas Biker Hits 72 MPH Trying To Make McDonald's Breakfast (Video) The McMuffin could not wait. Nothing was going to stand between a motorcyclist and his McDonald's breakfast. Neither the speed limit nor socks. The Manassas Police Department shared a video of a reckless driver who was clocked doing 72 by an officer on patrol in the area of a recent crash. "I was going a little quick, wasn't I?" the driver immediately said to the officer. "I was trying to hit the McDonald's breakfast. I know I was cutting it close. I don't even have socks on. I was rushing. I woke up late." The officer proceeded to print out what the motorcyclist described as a "…

by Zak Failla

09/29/2026

College Park, MD

Breaking News

Power Outage Hits Potomac Water Plant, PG County Customers Told To Conserve Nearly 2 million Maryland water customers are being told to turn off the taps unless they really need them. WSSC Water issued an urgent conservation request at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, for all 1.9 million customers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties after a power outage disrupted operations at its Potomac Water Filtration Plant. For now, the water remains safe to drink, and there is no boil water advisory. But WSSC officials warned that could change if customers don't cut back while Pepco works to restore power to the plant, which supplies drinking water to approximately 75 …

by Zak Failla

09/29/2026

Manassas, VA

Breaking News

Cold CASE: Dutch Tourist Who Came To America Found Murdered Days Later In Virginia Creek A tourist from the Netherlands came to America in September 1999. Eleven days after entering the country, he was dead in a Virginia creek. Nearly three decades later, police still don't know who killed Johannes Anthonius Dehart. Dehart, 62, was found behind 9325 Mace St. in Manassas on Sept. 28, 1999, according to the Prince William County Police Department. There was another mystery first. Police didn't know who he was. Investigators created a composite of the unidentified man as they worked to put a name to the body. Eventually, they learned he was Dehart, a Dutch tourist who had ente…

by Zak Failla

09/29/2026

Abington, PA

Breaking News

Eagles Legend Brian Dawkins Fires Back After DHS Uses His Image In Migrant Video NFL Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins had a clear message for the Trump administration after the Department of Homeland Security posted a propaganda video featuring him. Keep his name out of your mouth. DHS shared a montage of the Philadelphia Eagles legend's highlights captioned, "Our time has come." The video was shared in resposne to reports of a "huge migrant caravan" approaching the southern border of the United States, ESPN reports. #HelloBlessedPeople🙏🏽I have respectfully not given permission to anyone other than those I currently do business with to use my NIL. Be Blessed! …

by Zak Failla

09/28/2026

La Plata, MD

Obituaries

'I Could Give Him 150 Years': Judge Confronts Driver After Deadly La Plata Crash With Mother Even 150 years behind bars couldn't give two families back what they lost on a Maryland road. That's how a judge described the limits of any punishment before sentencing Corey Jermaine Kane to 15 years in prison for the July 2025 head-on crash in La Plata that killed Teenona Shavon Huggins and Dionee Monae Tyree. “I could give Mr. Kane 150 years, and it wouldn’t ease the pain or help in that regard,” Circuit Court Judge Karen Abrams said. New details released by the Charles County State's Attorney's Office show what led to that moment in court. Kane was driving west in the 9900 block of C…

by Zak Failla

09/28/2026

Alexandria, VA

Breaking News

104 MPH, Lights Out: Virginia DUI Suspect Tried To Lose Deputy In The Dark, Sheriff Says Turning out the lights didn't make him disappear. A Virginia driver accused of blowing through a 60 mph zone at 104 mph allegedly switched off his headlights while trying to get away from a deputy early Saturday, Sept. 26, according to the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office. Shortly after 3:15 a.m., a deputy was heading south on James Madison Highway between Opal and Remington when he spotted a vehicle speeding in the opposite direction. Radar clocked it at 104 mph, investigators said. The deputy crossed the median, activated his lights and siren and headed north after the vehicle. But eve…

by Zak Failla

09/28/2026

Sterling, VA

Breaking News

Former Virginia Death Row Inmate Justin Wolfe Takes New Plea After 25 Years Behind Bars Twenty-five years behind bars have led to a 25-year sentence for a man who once sat on Virginia's death row. Justin Wolfe received a 28-year prison sentence with three years suspended in Prince William County on Monday, Sept. 28, as prosecutors moved to end a murder case that has spent a quarter-century winding through state and federal courts. Wolfe has already been incarcerated for 25 years, including substantial time on death row and in solitary confinement, according to Commonwealth's Attorney Amy Ashworth. The agreement came after Ashworth's office spent months reexamining the case an…

by Zak Failla

09/28/2026

Severn, MD

Breaking News

29-Year-Old Ejected From Kawasaki In Deadly Severn Motorcycle Crash Identified By Police A motorcyclist killed in an early-morning Maryland crash has been identified. Khanh Minh Nguyen, 29, of Severn, was killed shortly after 4 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, in a single-vehicle crash at Town Center Boulevard and Jacobs Road in Anne Arundel County, police announced on Monday, Sept. 28. According to investigators, Nguyen was riding a Kawasaki Ninja north on Town Center Boulevard at approximately 4:10 a.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway. Nguyen was thrown from the motorcycle. Anne Arundel County Fire Department personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. The de…

by Zak Failla

09/28/2026

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