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Zak Failla

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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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News

Workers Hospitalized After Virginia Building Collapse, Officials Say (Developing) Three workers were injured after a building under construction collapsed in Virginia, officials said. Firefighters from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and the City of Fairfax Fire Department rushed to the 3500 block of Cedar Lane shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16, following reports of a structural collapse at a construction site. Crews from the agency's Technical Rescue Operations Team and other emergency responders worked together to stabilize the scene and assist the victims. Three people were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. The nature and extent o…

by Zak Failla

07/16/2025

News

Maryland Mail Mayhem: USPS Letter Carrier Stabbed On Route In Baltimore, Officials Say A Baltimore man is facing a federal indictment after allegedly stabbing a US Postal Service letter carrier who was just trying to deliver mail on his route, authorities announced. Jamie Paul Taylor, 47, was charged with assaulting a federal employee after a violent encounter on Strickland Street in Baltimore on June 11, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. The feds say Taylor "assaulted a United States Postal Service letter carrier who was engaged in performing official duties"—and he did it with a knife. According to the indictment, Taylor accused the victim…

by Zak Failla

07/16/2025

Police & Fire

Feds Raid Wheels Of Soul Biker Gang After Woodbridge Hookah Lounge Beatdown, Shootout: Police A savage assault and shootout outside a Virginia hookah lounge triggered a massive multi-agency raid on the Wheels of Soul outlaw motorcycle gang, with nearly two dozen members now in custody—or on the run—across multiple states, authorities announced. The early morning April 13 brawl and shooting outside Babylon Café on Golansky Boulevard in Woodbridge left two men injured—one from a brutal beating and another with a gunshot wound—and both initially refused to cooperate with police. But the Prince William County Police Department didn’t let up. Following months of investigation, detective…

by Zak Failla

07/16/2025

Obituaries

Shady Side Mom Killed In Head-On Crash Remembered As ‘Sweetest, Most Compassionate Person’ Patricia “Patti” Warren was the kind of woman who made you feel like family the moment you met her, according to her loved ones. The 61-year-old Shady Side mother died over the weekend in a head-on crash in Anne Arundel County that also left another driver hospitalized, officials confirmed. The crash happened around 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 12, in Galesville, where police say Warren was driving a 2008 Toyota Prius northbound on Muddy Creek Road when she crossed the double yellow line and slammed into an oncoming 2018 Chevy Silverado. According to Anne Arundel County Police, the driver …

by Zak Failla

07/16/2025

Traffic

Man, 32, Killed After Car Flips Into Ditch Off Kings Highway In Stafford County: Sheriff A 32-year-old man was killed in a violent crash off Kings Highway early Wednesday morning, officials in Virginia said. Deputies responded around 3 a.m. on July 16 to the area of Kings Highway and River Bend Drive in Fredericksburg for a reported crash involving a vehicle that had flipped into a ditch, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. When deputies arrived, they found a Honda Civic off the roadway. The driver, a 32-year-old man, was the sole occupant of the car and was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. Investigators with the Traffic Safety Unit determined the v…

by Zak Failla

07/16/2025

Police & Fire

2 Airlifted After Pickup Truck Crash In Urbana With 9 People On Board: Sheriff Two people were airlifted to area trauma centers after a violent crash sent them flying from the back of a fully-loaded pickup truck in Maryland, authorities say. The single-vehicle rollover happened shortly before 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15, in the area of Shaffers Mill Drive and Carriage Hill Road in Urbana, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies arrived to find a 1995 Ford F-150 that had been carrying nine people — four in the cab and five unsecured in the bed. Two victims suffered critical injuries and were flown out by medevac helicopter to a nearby trauma center. Bo…

by Zak Failla

07/16/2025

Traffic

US Mail Truck Hits, Kills Woman On Busy Montgomery County Road (Developing) A woman died Wednesday morning after she was struck by a United States Postal Service truck in Montgomery County, police said. The fatal crash happened on Connecticut Avenue at Plyers Mill Road in Kensington around 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16, the Montgomery County Department of Police said. According to a department spokesperson, officers from the 2nd District were dispatched to the scene after a report of a pedestrian collision involving a USPS truck. The woman was transported to an area hospital, where she was later pronounced dead, police said. The driver of the mail truck stayed …

by Zak Failla

07/16/2025

Police & Fire

Man Awaiting Trial On Assault Charges Arrested For Double Stabbing In Mechanicsville: Sheriff A Maryland man out on release while awaiting trial for assault is back behind bars — this time, charged with attempted murder after a double stabbing in Mechanicsville, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office announced. Mark Anthony Cranston Jr., 38, was arrested Tuesday evening, July 15, after deputies were called around 5:50 p.m. in Mechanicsville for a reported assault. Upon arrival, deputies found Cranston in the yard where the stabbing was reported, and he was taken into custody without incident. Inside a neighboring home, deputies found two victims — a man and a woman — who had fled a…

by Zak Failla

07/16/2025

Police & Fire

Fuel Leak Sparks Boat Fire In Maryland Sending One Overboard: Officials A boat fire in Western Maryland sent two people to the hospital and forced one person to jump overboard to escape the flames, according to state investigators. Shortly before noon on Tuesday, July 15, fire crews were called to Paradise Point Road in Oakland for a boat fire, the State Fire Marshal’s Office announced. Investigators said the owner of the boat — a 23-foot 1988 Supra Saltare — had just discovered a leak in the fuel tank and was working on it with others when the fire broke out. While completing repairs, electrical equipment on the boat was energized, igniting gasoline vapors in…

by Zak Failla

07/16/2025

Traffic

Overturned Tractor-Trailer Snarls I-270 Traffic During Maryland Commute (Photos) An overturned tractor-trailer on I-270 caused chaos for some drivers during the Wednesday morning commute in Maryland, officials say. At approximately 6:40 a.m. on July 16, first responders were called to a stretch of the northbound lanes of the interstate in Urbana in the area of Dr. Perry Road, where there was a reported crash involving the overturned truck. Several lanes were blocked while crews worked to clear the scene on Wednesday morning. UPDATE: Tractor Trailer Crash with Injury. I-270 NB past MD-109 (Exit 22). Mont County, MD. All lanes remain blocked near Dr. Perry Rd ov…

by Zak Failla

07/16/2025

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