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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Perryville-Port Deposit, MD
Breaking News
Missing Perryville Father, 24, Found Dead In Cleveland River Days After Disappearing In Ohio Missing Perryville Father, 24, Found Dead In Cleveland River Days After Disappearing In Ohio Missing Perryville Father, 24, Found Dead In Cleveland River Days After Disappearing In Ohio
Missing Perryville Father, 24, Found Dead In Cleveland River Days After Disappearing In Ohio What started as a trip to Ohio for a Steelers game ended with a young Baltimore County father dead and his Maryland family grieving.  Officials confirmed late on Wednesday that the person who was pulled from the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland was 24-year-old Phoenix Phillips, who was reported missing on Friday, Oct. 2, after attending the Browns game downtown. On Wednesday, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office listed Phillips on its log. Phillips had last been seen in the 1400 block of W. 10th Street in Cleveland. Details about his disapearance have not been released. Hours …

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Edgewater-Mayo, MD
Breaking News
Video Shows Edgewater Woman Masturbating On American Airlines Flight: Reports Video Shows Edgewater Woman Masturbating On American Airlines Flight: Reports Video Shows Edgewater Woman Masturbating On American Airlines Flight: Reports
Video Shows Edgewater Woman Masturbating On American Airlines Flight: Reports Graphic video shared by TMZ apparently shows a 46-year-old woman accused of masturbating on an American Airlines flight from Baltimore to Miami, according to published reports. Edgewater, MD resident Katy Inzer was identified in an incident report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office obtained by The Smoking Gun, which detailed the inappropriate actions aboard a Sept. 11 American Airlines flight. Approximately 20 minutes after taking off from Baltimore, a passenger alerted the flight crew, who reported witnessing the 46-year-old woman remove her pants and begin masturbating while making…

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Lexington Park, MD
Breaking News
Maryland Teen Tried To Kill Rival Gang Member Before Bullet Hit Nursing Home: Prosecutors Maryland Teen Tried To Kill Rival Gang Member Before Bullet Hit Nursing Home: Prosecutors Maryland Teen Tried To Kill Rival Gang Member Before Bullet Hit Nursing Home: Prosecutors
Maryland Teen Tried To Kill Rival Gang Member Before Bullet Hit Nursing Home: Prosecutors Bryant Brown-Clark's criminal past and poor history on probation landed the 19-year-old back in prison over a purported gang dispute. Salisbury resident Bryant Brown-Clark received the maximum sentence following a delayed court appearance following an October 2025 shooting involving a nursing home, according to the Wicomico County State's Attorney's Office. Prosecutors say the shooting appears to have been Brown-Clark's attempt to kill a member of a rival gang. Wicomico County Sheriff's deputies were called to the area of Mohawk Avenue in Salisbury on Oct. 16, 2025, following reports of gu…

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Arlington, VA
Breaking News
FaceTime Drug Display Comes Back To Haunt DC Man After Feds Raid Apartment: DOJ FaceTime Drug Display Comes Back To Haunt DC Man After Feds Raid Apartment: DOJ FaceTime Drug Display Comes Back To Haunt DC Man After Feds Raid Apartment: DOJ
FaceTime Drug Display Comes Back To Haunt DC Man After Feds Raid Apartment: DOJ A FaceTime call may have led federal authorities straight to an illegal immigrant's DC stash house. Moussa Konte, 32, a Senegalese citizen, is facing federal charges after a June FaceTime call led to the discovery of kilogram-sized quantities of suspected narcotics, according to the US Attorney's Office. That call ultimately led investigators to his one-bedroom DC apartment, where law enforcement executed a search warrant at around 6 a.m. on Aug. 25. Inside, investigators found three bags of blue pills stamped “M30” weighing a combined 739.37 grams that were suspected of containing fentany…

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Poolesville, MD
Breaking News
Fight Erupts After Poolesville-Clarksburg Flag Football Game Fight Erupts After Poolesville-Clarksburg Flag Football Game Fight Erupts After Poolesville-Clarksburg Flag Football Game
Fight Erupts After Poolesville-Clarksburg Flag Football Game A girls’ flag football game between two Maryland high schools ended with police being called after a postgame dispute escalated into a fight that sent one person to the hospital, school officials said. The incident unfolded on Monday, Oct. 5, following the game between Poolesville and Clarksburg high schools at Poolesville High School, according to a joint statement released by administrators from both schools. Officials said disrespectful behavior involving students and adults began after the game and escalated in the parking lot. There was taunting and arguing before the situation tu…

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Fredericksburg, VA
Breaking News
Thermal Drone Tracks Down Driver Hiding In Woods After Virginia Crash, Sheriff Says (VIDEO) Thermal Drone Tracks Down Driver Hiding In Woods After Virginia Crash, Sheriff Says (VIDEO) Thermal Drone Tracks Down Driver Hiding In Woods After Virginia Crash, Sheriff Says (VIDEO)
Thermal Drone Tracks Down Driver Hiding In Woods After Virginia Crash, Sheriff Says (Video) Royce Hall fought the law, and the law won. The 22-year-old Remington resident did his best to avoid arrest in Virginia after fleeing from a crash, but the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office was able to quickly catch up to him with an assist from technology. Last week, deputies were called to investigate a two-vehicle crash on the Warrenton Eastern Bypass near Meetze Road. Upon arrival, they found one car flipped over, with its occupants uninjured. The other was on the shoulder of the road, abandoned. That's when a deputy retrieved the unmanned aerial system from his cruiser and began search…

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Fairfax, VA
Breaking News
Dressed To Steal: Well-Appointed Suspect Linked To Fairfax County Medical Office Burglaries Dressed To Steal: Well-Appointed Suspect Linked To Fairfax County Medical Office Burglaries Dressed To Steal: Well-Appointed Suspect Linked To Fairfax County Medical Office Burglaries
Dressed To Steal: Well-Appointed Suspect Linked To Fairfax County Medical Office Burglaries A well-dressed man accused of targeting medical offices in Northern Virginia during a string of burglaries over the course of several months has been tracked down. Woodbridge resident Carlos Anthony Mitchell, 67, who dressed to impress, is facing a host of charges following a months-long crime spree that was caught on camera, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. The dapper suspect has been linked to burglaries in Mason, McLean, and Fair Oaks, each of which was similar in nature. Police say that in each instance, Mitchell targeted a closed medical office and forced his way int…

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Alexandria, VA
Breaking News
Alexandria Man Ran Cross-Country Fentanyl Pipeline From LA To DC: Feds Alexandria Man Ran Cross-Country Fentanyl Pipeline From LA To DC: Feds Alexandria Man Ran Cross-Country Fentanyl Pipeline From LA To DC: Feds
Alexandria Man Ran Cross-Country Fentanyl Pipeline From LA To DC: Feds “Fat Bags” was making a lot of trips out west. Dozens of times over more than three years, Alexandria resident Karon Olufemi Blalock flew to Los Angeles to buy bulk quantities of fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills before bringing them back to the DC area, federal prosecutors say. Sometimes they came back in his luggage or carry-on bags. Other shipments were sent through commercial mail carriers. On Tuesday, Oct. 6, the 32-year-old Blalock was sentenced to 128 months in federal prison for his role in the sprawling operation, which moved tens of thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills contain…

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by Zak Failla
Leesburg, VA
Obituaries
Virginia Soccer Player Allison Rivera Dies Virginia Soccer Player Allison Rivera Dies Virginia Soccer Player Allison Rivera Dies
Virginia Soccer Player Allison Rivera Dies Allison Rivera made the girls around her better. On the soccer field, the Northern Virginia student-athlete was the fierce midfielder wearing No. 8. Off it, she was a friend and classmate to students at Smart's Mill Middle School in Leesburg. Rivera, a member of the Northern Virginia Alliance Under-14 Girls Academy team, died this week, prompting an outpouring of support from the soccer community. For some of Rivera's teammates, the bond stretched back years. One soccer parent, Jason Moore, said his daughter, London, had shared the field with Rivera for the past seven years. “Fierce …

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Frederick, MD
Breaking News
Girl, 15, Reaches Into Backpack With Loaded Gun During Frederick Walmart Bust: Sheriff Girl, 15, Reaches Into Backpack With Loaded Gun During Frederick Walmart Bust: Sheriff Girl, 15, Reaches Into Backpack With Loaded Gun During Frederick Walmart Bust: Sheriff
Girl, 15, Reaches Into Backpack With Loaded Gun During Frederick Walmart Bust: Sheriff It started with four kids allegedly stuffing merchandise into backpacks at a Maryland Walmart. Then a 15-year-old girl reached into hers. Deputies were called to the Walmart on Guilford Drive in Frederick on Sunday, Oct. 4, after employees reported a group of kids shoplifting inside the store, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. They found four of them: the 15-year-old girl, a 16-year-old boy and two younger children who investigators said were only about 7 years old. All four were taken to the store's loss prevention office after they were spotted concealing merchandise i…

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