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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.

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Demolition Of Maryland’s Key Bridge Is About To Begin — Here's When Demolition Of Maryland’s Key Bridge Is About To Begin — Here's When
Demolition Of Maryland’s Key Bridge Is About To Begin — Here's When The tear-down is on.  Crews will begin dismantling what’s left of the Francis Scott Key Bridge "on or about" Monday, July 7, marking a major step in Maryland’s massive rebuild project, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) officials announced Thursday, June 26. The work marks a big step in the Key Bridge Rebuild project and is expected to take several months.  Crews will begin by removing the remaining deck over the Patapsco River, followed by demolition of bridge sections over Hawkins Point and Sollers Point.  Francis Scott Key Bridge Wikimedia Commons/…

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Police & Fire
Loaded AR-15-Style Pistol, Drum Mag Found In Dumpster After St. Mary's Foot Chase: Sheriff Loaded AR-15-Style Pistol, Drum Mag Found In Dumpster After St. Mary's Foot Chase: Sheriff
Loaded AR-15-Style Pistol, Drum Mag Found In Dumpster After St. Mary's Foot Chase: Sheriff A loaded, unserialized AR-15-style pistol and a 50-round drum magazine were recovered from a dumpster and backpack after a suspect took off running from deputies in Maryland, police said. The foot chase happened around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 26, when detectives with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office spotted someone they believed was armed near Columbus Drive in Lexington Park, according to officials. As deputies moved in, the man bolted and was seen tossing something into a dumpster. He was stopped shortly after in the 21000 block of Liberty Street and identified as Christopher I…

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Police & Fire
Katana-Styled Sword Snatched At Gunpoint In Woodbridge Robbery: Police Katana-Styled Sword Snatched At Gunpoint In Woodbridge Robbery: Police
Katana-Styled Sword Snatched At Gunpoint In Woodbridge Robbery: Police Three suspects from Woodbridge are in custody after a man was robbed of a katana-style blade at gunpoint during a violent apartment complex encounter, according to Prince William County Police. Jaden Patrick Kofi Asante, 21, Jayla Yvette Goodridge, 22, and Jashay’e Ruban Thomas, 21, were arrested on Wednesday, June 25, after officers responded to a robbery at The Landings at Markhams Grant Apartments on the 2700 block of Haverford Loop in Woodbridge, police said. The victims — a 22-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man — were meeting with friends when a fight broke out around 8:39 p.m., poli…

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News
Dulles Airport Measles Case Prompts Public Health Warning In Virginia Dulles Airport Measles Case Prompts Public Health Warning In Virginia
Dulles Airport Measles Case Prompts Public Health Warning In Virginia Another measles exposure has been confirmed at Dulles International Airport, and Virginia health officials are sounding the alarm. The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) said the confirmed case was identified on Thursday, June 19, and involves an international traveler visiting North Carolina.  Health officials are now working to contact passengers who may have been exposed while passing through the Northern Virginia airport. According to VDH, the traveler was at Dulles during the following windows: Concourse A, on transportation to the International Arrivals Building and in baggag…

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Police & Fire
115 MPH Motorcycle Chase Ends In Deadly Crash In Virginia, State Police Say 115 MPH Motorcycle Chase Ends In Deadly Crash In Virginia, State Police Say
115 MPH Motorcycle Chase Ends In Deadly Crash In Virginia, State Police Say A motorcyclist died after hitting 115 miles per hour and initiating a police pursuit that ended in a deadly crash in Virginia, authorities said. Around 1 a.m. Thursday, June 27, a Virginia State Police trooper attempted to stop a motorcycle clocked at 115 mph on southbound I-495 near Eisenhower Avenue, a spokesperson for the department said. The rider refused to stop, launching a pursuit that continued onto I-95 and then Route 1 via Exit 152A. The chase ended when the rider lost control, went off the left side of Route 1, and slammed into the median. The rider was ejected and pronounced d…

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Obituaries
Maryland Father Of Four Dies Weeks Before Opening Dream Distillery: ‘Rest Your Amber Eyes’ Maryland Father Of Four Dies Weeks Before Opening Dream Distillery: ‘Rest Your Amber Eyes’
Maryland Father Of Four Dies Weeks Before Opening Dream Distillery: ‘Rest Your Amber Eyes’ A Maryland father of four and US Army veteran has died after spending more than three weeks in intensive care, devastating his family and community. Mike Minyoung Pyon, 52, died on Thursday, June 19, in Baltimore, 22 days after being hospitalized and placed in intensive care on May 28.  The loss stunned those closest to him—especially his wife Andrea, who had just celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary with him earlier that month. Pyon had been working full-time at Patient First while pouring everything into a dream he’d been building for four years: opening his own craft distiller…

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Police & Fire
Maryland State Police Renew Call For Tips In 1989 Murder Of Colleen Powell West Maryland State Police Renew Call For Tips In 1989 Murder Of Colleen Powell West
Maryland State Police Renew Call For Tips In 1989 Murder Of Colleen Powell West More than three decades after Colleen Powell West was found dead in the woods of Wicomico County, Maryland State Police are asking for the public’s help once again to bring her killer to justice. West, 26, was last seen alive on the night of Sept. 8, 1989, at the Sportsmans Pub on Roland Street in Salisbury, troopers said. Her body was discovered the next day in a remote area along Bear Swamp Road near Wango. Her case remains unsolved. Now, investigators are making a renewed push for information—no matter how small—to help close the case and bring long-awaited answers to West’s loved ones.…

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Sports
Derik Queen’s Bold Draft Suit Shouts Out Baltimore In Most Iconic Way Derik Queen’s Bold Draft Suit Shouts Out Baltimore In Most Iconic Way
Derik Queen’s Bold Draft Suit Shouts Out Baltimore In Most Iconic Way Maryland will be well-represented at the NBA Draft on Wednesday night, courtesy of UMD star Derik Queen. Villanova Assistant Coach Ricky Harris shared a video of Queen getting ready for the draft — and his jacket had a special shoutout to his hometown of Baltimore. The video can be viewed here on Harris' Instagram account. Dressed for success 👑 pic.twitter.com/bXTRm5xGqc — Maryland Men’s Basketball (@TerrapinHoops) June 25, 2025 In the video, Queen can be seen with a stylist before unveiling his very special Draft Day suit. In dramatic fashion, the camera zooms in on Queen's sui…

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Police & Fire
Spotsy Dad Flees With Kids In Car Before Crash, Barricade, Sheriff Says Spotsy Dad Flees With Kids In Car Before Crash, Barricade, Sheriff Says
Spotsy Dad Flees With Kids In Car Before Crash, Barricade, Sheriff Says A Virginia man is facing a string of charges after allegedly assaulting a deputy, fleeing with three children in a relative’s car, crashing into a fence, and barricading himself inside a home, authorities said. Deputies responded to a dispute on Tuesday, June 24, in the 4600 block of Patriot Highway, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office.  During the investigation, they discovered the man involved — identified as Rodney Ellis, 29 — was wanted by another jurisdiction. When deputies tried to take Ellis into custody, he assaulted one of them and took off on foot, official…

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Politics
DOJ Accuses Maryland Court Of Undermining Trump Immigration Agenda DOJ Accuses Maryland Court Of Undermining Trump Immigration Agenda
DOJ Accuses Maryland Court Of Undermining Trump Immigration Agenda The US Department of Justice is suing the District Court of Maryland over a controversial standing order that blocks immigration enforcement actions — automatically. Federal officials filed the complaint on Wednesday, June 25, accusing the court of overstepping its authority by issuing injunctions against federal immigration enforcement without proper judicial review. According to the DOJ, the Maryland court has implemented a "standing order" that requires clerks to automatically enter an injunction against removing or challenging the legal status of any non-citizen detained in Maryland who…

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