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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

Business

Winning $1M 'Powerball' Ticket Sold At Wegmans In Fredericksburg No one took home the $285 million Powerball jackpot on Monday, but one lucky lotto player in Virginia cashed in on a seven-figure prize sold at an area grocery store. Officials say that a second-tier winning ticket worth a whopping $1 million prize was sold at the Wegmans on Carl D. Silver Parkway in Fredericksburg, the largest win out of thousands statewide starting at $4. The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Monday, Jan. 13 were 04-06-16-39-66 with a Powerball of 09 and the Power Play multiplier was X2. With no winner, the jackpot will roll to $303 …

by Zak Failla

01/15/2025

News

No Charges Filed After Conowingo Man Killed By Father In Home Invasion Attempt: Prosecutors No charges will be filed following an incident in Cecil County that ended with a home invader dead in Conowingo, the state's attorney's office announced. In September 2024, local resident Joe Berry, Jr. was shot and killed amid an ongoing dispute between he and his elderly parents. Investigators say that state police troopers were called at around 2 p.m. to check on a reported shooting at a home in the 200 block of Mount Zoar Road, where they found Berry outside suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. According to police, they also found Berry's 80-year-old father at the scene, who decline…

by Zak Failla

01/15/2025

Police & Fire

Unruly Passenger Busted Ditching Drugs After Dash Across Lexington Park Highway: Sheriff A routine traffic stop in St. Mary’s County quickly turned into a high-stakes chase and major drug bust, netting deputies fentanyl, crack cocaine, and a wad of cash, authorities announced. It all went down on Tuesday, Jan. 14, when deputies pulled over a GMC Yukon Denali on Three Notch Road near Buck Hewitt Road. Things then took a turn. While deputies questioned the driver, Lexington Park resident Toney Leonard Daye, they spotted CDS paraphernalia in plain sight, investigators say. When asked to step out, the passenger, Thomas Austin Goldring III, who has no fixed …

by Zak Failla

01/15/2025

Schools

St. Agnes Catholic School To Close At End Of Academic Year In Catonsville The doors of St. Agnes Catholic School in Baltimore will close for good at the end of the 2024-25 academic year, marking the end of an era for the once bustling institution. Officials from the Archdiocese of Baltimore cited a sharp 25 percent enrollment decline in recent years as the driving force behind the decision, which they say has created insurmountable financial challenges. “This was not an easy decision to make and came after considerable discussion and extensive evaluation of the sustainability of the school,” school leaders said in a statement. "Unfortunately, consistent years of…

by Zak Failla

01/15/2025

Police & Fire

Aberdeen Homeowner’s Heroic Attempt To Stop Blaze Falls Short: Fire Marshal A Harford County homeowner tried to play the hero but was unable to knock down the flames when a late-night blaze broke out on his family's porch, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The fire was reported around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, on the rear porch of a one-story home in the 600 block of Edmund Street in Aberdeen, officials said. Investigators say that the homeowners spotted an orange glow through their bedroom window, setting off an unfortunate chain of events. Rushing to the porch, they found a chair fully engulfed in flames, prompting one homeown…

by Zak Failla

01/15/2025

Lifestyle

Rabies Alert: Charles County Warns Of Outbreak After Two Wildlife Cases Confirmed Officials in Charles County are urging residents and visitors to remain vigilant after two animals tested positive for rabies in the La Plata and Dentsville areas over the past month. The Charles County Department of Health reported a rabid raccoon near Charles Street and Penns Hill Road on Dec. 22, 2024, then on Thursday, Jan. 9, a fox in the vicinity of Cooksey Road and Penns Hill Road also tested positive for the deadly virus. “Rabies is a disease of animals and people,” health officials warned. The virus is spread through the saliva of a rabid animal, they said. Usually this occu…

by Zak Failla

01/15/2025

Lifestyle

Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Jan. 14 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $95M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing with a recently reset jackpot. The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday, Jan. 14 Mega Millions drawing. The estimated jackpot is $95 million, with an estimated cash option of $41.3 million, a far cry from the $1.22 billion prize that was won by a California resident late last month. The winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing are: 04-14-35-49-62 with a Mega Ball of 06 and a Megaplier of 3X If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next…

by Zak Failla

01/14/2025

Weather

Minor Earthquake Shakes Virginia Communities; No Major Damage Reported A small earthquake shook a Virginia county late on Tuesday afternoon, causing some concerns for some in the area. The US Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed that shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 14, there was a 2.8 magnitude earthquake reported in Henrico County and nearby municipalities. According to USGS, the epicenter of the quake was around a mile north of Wyndham, not far from Short Pump (3.9 miles), Glen Allen (6.1 miles), Laurel (6.9 miles) and Richmond (13.2 miles). The epicenter of the Virginia earthquake on Tuesday. USGS "Since at least 1774, people in central Virgin…

by Zak Failla

01/14/2025

Police & Fire

Eight Displaced By Two-Alarm Blaze At Perryville Home Owned By Church: Fire Marshal A devastating blaze tore through a Cecil County home late on Monday morning, leaving eight people displaced and claiming the life of a family pet, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. The blaze broke out around 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 14 in the kitchen of a two-story home owned by the Methodist Church of Perryville, investigators said. An adult living in the residence, who was babysitting a young child, discovered the fire in the kitchen. Both escaped unscathed, and two others inside were able to flee before hearing a smoke alarm, according to the Perryville Fire Company. Officials in…

by Zak Failla

01/14/2025

Police & Fire

Police Identify Sykesville Man, Kensington Suspect In Deadly Shooting Police investigators in Montgomery County have identified both the victim and suspect in a fatal shooting that left a Sykesville man dead in Kensington. Benjamin Jack Dresbach, 21, of Kensington, has been charged with second-degree murder following the death of 29-year-old Trevor Dean Van Devander, authorities announced on Tuesday. The incident occurred at around 5:40 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13, when 2nd District officers responded to the 3900 block of Franklin Street for a reported shooting. Upon arrival, officers found Van Devander suffering from gunshot wounds and he was pronounced d…

by Zak Failla

01/14/2025

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