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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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Police & Fire

Shooting In Edgewood Leaves Man In Critical Condition, Woman Wounded, Sheriff Says A man is fighting for his life and a woman was shot during a targeted attack in a Harford County neighborhood, according to authorities. Deputies responded to the 1600 block of Candlewood Court in Edgewood around 10:50 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, after a shooting was reported in the area, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office announced. Upon arrival, they found 24-year-old Malandra Respass and 23-year-old Daquan Futrell suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Both were treated by deputies at the scene before being rushed to the hospital. Respass was listed in stable condition, while Futrell rem…

by Zak Failla

07/07/2025

Traffic

Westminster, DC Drivers Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On I-495 In Fairfax County: State Police A Maryland woman and a DC man are dead after a wrong-way crash on the Capital Beltway in Northern Virginia, Virginia State Police announced. Tremayne Gross, 24, of Washington, DC, and Meghan Elizabeth Mathis, 32, of Westminster, were both killed in a head-on crash early Sunday morning, July 6, on I-495 in Fairfax County, according to state police. Investigators said the crash happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. in the northbound Express Lanes near mile marker 48. Gross was driving a 2017 Ford Edge southbound in the northbound lanes when he slammed into Mathis’ 2004 Jeep Patriot, police said. …

by Zak Failla

07/07/2025

Police & Fire

Silver Spring Woman Fatally Stabbed Inside Leisure World Home; Husband, 80, Charged: Police A Maryland man is accused of stabbing and killing his wife inside their apartment at the Leisure World retirement community, police said. Vivian Stewart Nation, 80, is charged with the murder in the death of his wife, 78-year-old Beverly Fletcher in Silver Spring on Saturday, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Officers were called to the couple's home in the 3300 block of North Leisure World Boulevard shortly after 6 p.m. on July 5, where there was a reported medical emergency. Upon arrival, first responders spoke with Nation inside the apartment along with Fletcher, …

by Zak Failla

07/07/2025

Police & Fire

Maryland Woman Shot Dead By Boyfriend Inside Landover Apartment During Dispute, Police Say A Maryland man is behind bars after shooting and killing his girlfriend during a fight inside a Prince George’s County apartment, police said. Harry Lindsey, 32, of Landover, is facing murder charges for the death of 29-year-old Sharita Cristwell of Bladensburg, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. Officers were called to an apartment on the 700 block of Stretford Way in Landover around 3:35 p.m. on Saturday, July 5, where they found Cristwell shot. She was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders, while Lindsey fled. With help from the Metro Transit Po…

by Zak Failla

07/07/2025

Police & Fire

Virginia Woman Driving Drunk Crashes Car With Infant Inside: Sheriff A Virginia woman was arrested for DUI after a violent rollover crash with a 7-month-old child in the car, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded to Warrenton Road (Route 17) in South Stafford around 9:12 p.m. Friday, July 5, and found a Kia upside down on the shoulder with "significant damage,” a spokesperson from the agency said. The driver, identified as Kaila Blackwell, 29, of Midland, was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash and showed signs of intoxication, according to investigators.. "Amazingly, neither Blackwell, who was unrestrained, or her 7-mont…

by Zak Failla

07/07/2025

Police & Fire

Maryland State Police Helicopter Rescues UTV Crash Victim From Remote Mountainside A Maryland State Police helicopter crew pulled off a daring mountain rescue in neighboring West Virginia over Fourth of July weekend after a man was seriously hurt in a UTV crash. Trooper 5, based in Cumberland, was dispatched to a remote area of Preston County around 8 p.m. Sunday, July 6, Maryland State Police announced. Local emergency crews had responded to a UTV side-by-side rollover on a mountain near Cheat River but requested air support due to the rough terrain, extended extrication time, and the nature of the injuries, officials said. Rescue personnel stabilized the hiker on…

by Zak Failla

07/07/2025

News

Body Of Missing Hiker Found Near Lewis Falls In Shenandoah National Park The search for a missing Maryland man in Shenandoah National Park has ended in tragedy. The body of Robert “Bob” Bieri, 61, was found at 12:13 p.m. on Monday, July 7, near Lewis Falls, where he had last been seen, Shenandoah National Park officials said in a statement released Monday afternoon. Bieri, of Severna Park, was reported missing on the evening of Saturday, July 5. He was last seen off-trail in the Lewis Falls area, according to park spokesperson Allysah Fox. A full-scale search began late that night, involving multiple agencies from Virginia and Maryland, including Virginia State…

by Zak Failla

07/07/2025

News

Measles Cases In US Approaches 25-Year High As CDC Confirms 27 Outbreaks America has reached another grim milestone as the number of confirmed cases of the measles hit a record high since the US declared the disease "under control" decades ago. A total of 1,267 confirmed measles cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 38 states and jurisdictions — more than triple the number reported in all of 2024, according to the agency's latest report. At least 27 outbreaks (defined as three or more connected cases) have been reported so far this year, with 88 percent of cases (1,115 of 1,267) linked to outbreaks, health officials …

by Zak Failla

07/06/2025

Police & Fire

Infant Airlifted After Frederick SUV Crashes Into Pole, Home Dies At Hospital: State Police A 6-month-old baby boy died after a single-vehicle crash in Frederick County on Sunday morning, according to Maryland State Police. Troopers responded at 10:53 a.m. on July 6, to the 12000 block of Woodsboro Pike (Maryland Route 194) in Keymar, where a Dodge Durango veered off the road, slammed into a telephone pole, then crashed into an unoccupied home, investigators said. The infant was flown by Maryland State Police helicopter to Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to police. A 3-year-old boy and a 26-year-old woman in the SUV were taken by ambulance…

by Zak Failla

07/06/2025

News

Watch As NORAD Jets Intercept Another Plane Over Trump's Bedminster Golf Club Another pilot. Another interception. Another headache for NORAD over Donald Trump’s golf club during the Fourth of July weekend. For the second time this weekend, a civilian aircraft violated restricted airspace over Bedminster, NJ, where the president and first lady stayed for the holiday. On Saturday, July 5, a NORAD fighter jet intercepted a civilian aircraft that violated restricted airspace over Bedminster, NJ, around 2:39 p.m., officials said. The pilot had entered a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) zone without authorization. NORAD said its aircraft performed a “headbutt mane…

by Zak Failla

07/06/2025

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