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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

Traffic

Driver Killed Crashing Into District Heights Building Identified By Police A District man was killed in a single-vehicle crash after slamming into a building in Prince George’s County, police said. Officers with the Prince George’s County Police Department responded around 2 a.m. Saturday, March 29, to the 5800 block of Silver Hill Road in District Heights, according to investigators. There, they found the driver—62-year-old Tyrone Eugene Perry—dead at the scene. Police said Perry had been heading north on Marlboro Pike when, for reasons still under investigation, he veered off the road and struck a building. He was pronounced dead at the scene by first responde…

by Zak Failla

03/31/2025

Police & Fire

Potomac Man Confesses To Killing Grandmother At Police Station: Officials A Montgomery County neighborhood was stunned after a 27-year-old man reportedly walked into a local police station and confessed to murdering his grandmother inside their home, authorities announced. Spencer Dillon Hamilton, of Potomac, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder on Sunday, March 30, after he walked into the Rockville City Police Station and told officers he had killed a family member, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Officers rushed to the 12600 block of Tribunal Lane in Potomac around 8:08 a.m., where they found 87-year-old Pauline Yvonne Tit…

by Zak Failla

03/31/2025

Schools

20 School Staffers Charged With Abusing 26 Students In PA Support Program: DA Dozens of vulnerable children were allegedly restrained, pinched, and physically punished inside a Pennsylvania charter school by the adults entrusted to protect them, prosecutors say. Twenty former staff members of Chester Community Charter School now face charges in what authorities are calling a sweeping abuse scandal that left more than two dozen students — some as young as 5 — traumatized. “This case is every parent’s nightmare,” Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said in a statement. “We send our children to school expecting the adults will keep them safe, not abuse t…

by Zak Failla

03/31/2025

Sports

Don't Miss Baltimore Singer Perform National Anthem At Oriole's Home Opener It's been a banner month for Baltimore's Gabby Samone. First, the 22-year-old childcare specialist first stunned the judges on "American Idol," earning her golden ticket to Hollywood. Talent Replay Now, on Monday afternoon, she will kick off the Orioles' season at by singing the National Anthem before the first pitch at an earlier-than-expected 2:35 p.m. start due to the incoming storm. "Samone grew up singing in the choir of New Bethel Abundant Life Ministries, a church just blocks away from Oriole Park, where she fell in love with music," MLB officials said. "Today, …

by Zak Failla

03/31/2025

Police & Fire

Group Of Kids Blamed For Setting Fire In Hagerstown Townhouse Community: Officials Fire officials say a group of kids sparked a blaze that sent firefighters scrambling to a Hagerstown townhome community. The fire was reported over the weekend when flames broke out in a patch of vegetation along Scarlet Oak Drive in the Valley Meadow Townhomes development, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. The fire, reported around 5:20 p.m. on Friday afternoon, didn’t cause major damage — just $50 in content loss — and was knocked down within minutes by the Halfway Volunteer Fire Company. No one was hurt, and no structures were affected, but investigators quickly determ…

by Zak Failla

03/31/2025

Police & Fire

$25K Reward Offered After Man Found Shot Dead In Clinton: Police (Developing) Police in Prince George’s County are offering a $25,000 reward as they search for answers in a fatal shooting that left a Clinton man dead on a residential street early Friday morning. Donald Logan Coleman, 33, was found shot outside on the 4900 block of Plata Street around 7 a.m. on March 28, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. Officers responded to a report of an unresponsive person and found Coleman suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. Homicide detectives are now working to identify a suspect and determine a mo…

by Zak Failla

03/31/2025

Politics

Trump Hints At 2029 Comeback, Says Third Term Could Be Possible: Reports Long live the king? President Donald Trump was reportedly not joking when he floated the idea of running for a third term, stating that "there are methods which you could do it," in an interview with NBC News. During the call with NBC on Sunday, Trump reportedly stressed that a lot of people want him to ignore the Constitution and run for the third term, but also made note that it's still early in his second administration and there are still things to be accomplished. Trump did not specify how he planned to circumvent the 22nd Amendment, but reportedly has plans in mind for 2029.&nb…

by Zak Failla

03/30/2025

Sports

UPitt Grad Kevin Willard Leaves Maryland For Villanova After Sweet 16 Run Officials confirmed one of college basketball's worst-kept secrets: Kevin Willard is out at the University of Maryland and is taking over at Villanova University. Now, Willard is heading back to the Big East. Days after leading the Maryland Terrapins to their first Sweet 16 appearance in nearly a decade, Willard has officially left College Park to take over as the head coach at Villanova University, the school announced. The move comes amid weeks of speculation about his possible departure, much of which played out publicly. He reportedly accepted the offer from Villanova earlier this week…

by Zak Failla

03/30/2025

Politics

FDA Vaccine Chief Resigns, Slams 'Misinformation And Lies' In Exit Letter The nation's top vaccine regulator is stepping down — and he's not going quietly. Dr. Peter Marks, Director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), announced his resignation in a letter dated Friday, March 28, saying he will retire from federal service on April 5 after more than a decade at the agency. Marks — one of the key officials behind Operation Warp Speed — did not hold back in his two-page farewell, slamming what he called “an unprecedented assault on scientific truth” and accusing the Health and Human Services Secretary of seeking “subservient confirmation…

by Zak Failla

03/29/2025

News

I-95 Traffic Backed Up For Miles For Tractor-Trailer Crash In Stafford County (Developing) All northbound lanes on I-95 in Stafford County came to a grinding halt Friday afternoon, March 28, after a crash involving a tractor-trailer sparked a traffic nightmare, according to VDOT and state police. The wreck happened at mile marker 143.7, near the Aquia/Garrisonville exit, just before 5:15 p.m., closing the entire northbound side of the highway and sending traffic into a two-mile tailspin. "On I-95 at mile marker 143.7... all north lanes are closed," VDOT said. "Traffic backups are approximately 2.0 miles." Crews from Virginia State Police, Stafford County Fire, the Sheriff’s Offi…

by Zak Failla

03/28/2025

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