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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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Police & Fire

Inmate Found Dead In Fairfax County Jail Cell, Detectives Say An inmate at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center was found dead in his cell Sunday evening, sparking a death investigation by county detectives, officials confirmed. Sam Zu Yung, 32, was discovered unresponsive inside his single cell around 6:15 p.m. on March 31, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Deputies and emergency crews performed life-saving measures, but Yung was later declared dead, authorities said Tuesday, April 1. Yung had been in custody since Sunday, Feb. 16, held by the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office. His cause of death has not yet been released. Polic…

by Zak Failla

04/01/2025

Sports

Buzz Is Building: Maryland Basketball Hires Texas A&M Coach To Replace Kevin Willard Buzz is officially building in College Park. No April fooling. Buzz Williams, a proven winner with stops at Marquette, Virginia Tech, and most recently Texas A&M, has been named the new head coach of the Maryland Terrapins men’s basketball team, school officials announced Tuesday, April 1. The announcement comes just days after Kevin Willard’s exit for Villanova following a Sweet 16 run that captivated Terps Nation. Now, Maryland is turning to a coach with 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, four Sweet 16 runs, and a reputation for gritty, disciplined basketball. Buzz Williams is…

by Zak Failla

04/01/2025

Police & Fire

Couple Killed In Fire That Destroyed Philly Family’s 125-Year-Old Home A two-alarm blaze that tore through a twin home in East Germantown has left a family shattered — claiming two lives, gutting a 125-year-old home, and leaving generations of memories buried in the rubble. Firefighters with the Philadelphia Fire Department responded at around 5 p.m. to the 500 block of Brinton Street on Thursday, March 27, where a two-alarm fire ripped through a historic home that had been in one family for more than six decades, officials said. More than 110 PFD members worked the scene, though the home was decimated by the fire. pic.twitter.com/jUG5sovrRo — Philadelphia…

by Zak Failla

04/01/2025

News

Search Intensifies For Centreville Hiker With Dragon Tattoo Missing Over A Month He vanished without a trace more than a month ago — and now, there’s a renewed push to find him. Michael “Deric” Bennet, 42, was last seen on Thursday, Feb. 27 in Centreville, and hasn’t been heard from since, according to a missing person alert shared by Shenandoah National Park officials. The theory? Bennet may have gone off the grid and onto the Appalachian Trail, where vast stretches of rugged wilderness and miles of trail could make him hard to spot — or reach. The 6-foot, 190-pound man is described as having brown hair and distinct tattoos, including a dragon skeleton on his b…

by Zak Failla

04/01/2025

Police & Fire

School Bus Catches Fire With Students On Board In Landover (Developing) A school bus carrying 15 elementary school students went up in flames Tuesday afternoon in Prince George’s County — but, no one was hurt, fire officials said. Firefighters with the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department responded to Twilight Drive and Covenant Gardens Court in Landover around 4:39 p.m. on April 1 for a reported school bus fire, according to officials. The fire was extinguished quickly, and no injuries were reported. The bus was identified as Bus #6041 from Thomas G. Pullen Elementary School, and all 15 students on board were safely evacuated. A new bus was dispatched …

by Zak Failla

04/01/2025

Police & Fire

One Killed In High-Rise Apartment Fire In Annapolis, Officials Say A fire in a high-rise apartment building in Annapolis turned deadly Tuesday afternoon, leaving one person dead and prompting an extended emergency response, according to fire officials. Firefighters with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department and Annapolis Fire Department were called to the 100 block of Hearn Road around 4:00 p.m. on April 1 for reports of an apartment fire on the 10th floor of the building that was brought under control. Shortly after 4:30 p.m., the Anne Arundel County Fire Department confirmed that one person was found dead inside the fire apartment. Crews remained on sc…

by Zak Failla

04/01/2025

Lifestyle

Florida Man Wins $5M Virginia Lottery Jackpot To Shut Down Scratch-Off Game A Florida man is heading home a multi-millionaire after scoring the final top prize in a popular Virginia Lottery scratcher, officials say. Andrew Lubbers of Palm Coast hit it big on a $326,000,000 Fortune ticket he bought at the Food City on Wood Avenue in Big Stone Gap, according to Virginia Lottery officials on Tuesday, April 1. Lubbers said he knew right away he had won the game’s $5 million top prize. He had the option to take the full amount over 30 years, but instead chose the one-time cash payout of $3.125, before taxes. The Food City store also wins — earning a $10,000 bonus for …

by Zak Failla

04/01/2025

Police & Fire

Armed Suspect Found Dead In Home After Standoff With Police In Dundalk (Updated) An hours-long standoff in Dundalk ended in tragedy Tuesday after an armed man who opened fire on officers was found dead inside his home from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities confirmed. Officers with the Baltimore County Police Department responded to the 2500 block of Gray Manor Terrace around 7:30 a.m. on April 1 for reports of a prior gunfire incident, according to the agency. While investigating, officers were suddenly fired upon by a nearby resident, officials said. Police returned fire and immediately called for a barricade. The situation forced multiple area sc…

by Zak Failla

04/01/2025

Police & Fire

Man Exposed Himself To Girl Scouts, Masturbated In Fredericksburg Coffee Shop, Police Say A man is behind bars after police say he flashed a group of Girl Scouts, groped a restaurant employee, and was caught masturbating in public — all within a short span Saturday in downtown Fredericksburg. The suspect, Terrence Graham, 28, who has no fixed address, was arrested nearby and positively identified after officers responded to two indecent exposure reports and one sexual battery on March 29, the Fredericksburg Police Department said. All three incidents involved the same man, described at the time by witnesses only as a Black man with a beard and long hair, riding a bicycle. In th…

by Zak Failla

04/01/2025

Politics

Feds Admit Deportation Error That Landed Father In Notorious El Salvador Prison Top officials in the Trump administration admitted to mistakenly deporting a Maryland father to an El Salvadoran mega-prison—despite a court order blocking his removal. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who lived in Maryland with his wife and 5-year-old child, was taken into ICE custody in March and deported just days later, federal officials said in a new court filing on Monday, March 31. His family says he should never have been removed in the first place. Abrego Garcia had previously been granted withholding of removal by an immigration judge back in 2019—meaning the g…

by Zak Failla

04/01/2025

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