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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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Maryland Dad’s Dream Motorcycle Trip Ends In Nightmare Crash 1,200 Miles From Home Maryland Dad’s Dream Motorcycle Trip Ends In Nightmare Crash 1,200 Miles From Home
Maryland Dad’s Dream Motorcycle Trip Ends In Nightmare Crash 1,200 Miles From Home What began as a cross-country motorcycle adventure for a group of Maryland friends took a devastating turn when one rider, John Dant, was seriously injured in a crash and left stranded nearly 1,200 miles from home. Dant and six friends left Maryland on July 25 for “the motorcycle trip of a lifetime,” his friends said, though it took an unexpectedly tragic turn.  The initial plan was to ride through Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Tetons, and eventually make it to Sturgis for the 85th Anniversary Rally. GoFundMe But on the morning of July 28, “while leaving Lincoln, Nebraska, Jo…

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Police & Fire
Virginia State Police Debunk ‘Mass Child Abduction’ Rumors Flooding Social Media Virginia State Police Debunk ‘Mass Child Abduction’ Rumors Flooding Social Media
Virginia State Police Debunk ‘Mass Child Abduction’ Rumors Flooding Social Media Viral social media posts claiming “mass abductions” of children are happening in Virginia are false, according to state police. On Thursday, Aug. 14, Virginia State Police confirmed there is no evidence of mass abductions anywhere in the Commonwealth, and the agency is not investigating any such cases, they confirmed.  The agency said it is not investigating any such cases. According to the department, Virginia State Police oversees the Virginia Missing Children Clearinghouse and handles all CODI and Amber Alerts in the state.  Officials explained that Virginia’s missing child n…

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Police & Fire
Teen Who Set Maryland Home Ablaze With People Inside Charged As Adult, No Bail: Fire Marshal Teen Who Set Maryland Home Ablaze With People Inside Charged As Adult, No Bail: Fire Marshal
Teen Who Set Maryland Home Ablaze With People Inside Charged As Adult, No Bail: Fire Marshal A 17-year-old accused of setting a bedroom ablaze in a Salisbury home while people were inside is being charged as an adult — and could spend the rest of his life behind bars if convicted, Maryland Fire Marshal officials said Thursday, Aug. 14. Deputy State Fire Marshals said the fire broke out around 9:54 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, inside a one-story home on Grant Avenue.  Twenty firefighters brought the flames under control in 10 minutes, and Investigators determined the blaze was set intentionally in a bedroom while two people were inside. Salisbury Fire Department crews responded t…

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Police & Fire
Construction Worker Crushed To Death By Overturned Machine At Woodbridge Job Site (DEVELOPING) Construction Worker Crushed To Death By Overturned Machine At Woodbridge Job Site (DEVELOPING)
Construction Worker Crushed To Death By Overturned Machine At Woodbridge Job Site (Developing) A construction worker was killed when the heavy machine he was operating tipped over at a job site in Virginia, authorities said. Prince William County Police said officers were called to the site near Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road in Woodbridge shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13. Investigators said the 61-year-old man was operating heavy machinery when the equipment overturned on top of him. He was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. “No foul play is suspected,” police said. The body was taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. The invest…

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Lifestyle
Trapped In Cement: Woman With Worsening ALS Feels Like Her Body’s Been Poured In Stone Trapped In Cement: Woman With Worsening ALS Feels Like Her Body’s Been Poured In Stone
Trapped In Cement: Woman With Worsening ALS Feels Like Her Body’s Been Poured In Stone Brooke Eby isn't ready to call "code red" just yet as she continues her battle with ALS as she approaches the "later stages" of the disease. The Potomac, MD native and Lehigh University graduate, who has been sharing her "dying diary" on social media, had some strong words in her latest update as she described the toll ALS continues to take on her body. In her latest post, Eby says she hates that she's paralyzed, and explained that it feels like someone poured cement over one foot, then the other, then her entire body. "It feels like the actual me is stuck inside the cement, desperately tr…

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Business
Baltimore Ice Cream Shop Reopens After Vicious Vandal Attacks: 'They Didn't Break Our Spirit' Baltimore Ice Cream Shop Reopens After Vicious Vandal Attacks: 'They Didn't Break Our Spirit'
Baltimore Ice Cream Shop Reopens After Vicious Vandal Attacks: 'They Didn't Break Our Spirit' Shattered glass. Smashed cases. Two attacks in seven days. But the scoops at Moo Moo Cows are back in Maryland. Moo Moo Cows is back up and running, serving "cow-to-cone ice cream," hot dogs, brats, snowballs, and other Baltimore favorites after vandals smashed the storefront.  "They broke our windows (twice), but they didn't break our spirit!" the owners posted on Facebook. "Moo Moo Cows is open all week Wed. thru Sun. (1 p.m. to 9 p.m.)  Come by and share in sweet success and celebration."  The second attack was reported early on Aug. 8 when three people smashed through th…

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Business
Mane Event: Baltimore County Horse Hoisted From 10-Foot Pit (PHOTOS) Mane Event: Baltimore County Horse Hoisted From 10-Foot Pit (PHOTOS)
Mane Event: Baltimore County Horse Hoisted From 10-Foot Pit (Photos) A daring rescue in Maryland ended with a horse safely back on its feet after it fell nearly 10 feet into a pit Thursday morning, Aug. 14, officials said. Crews were called to the 13300 block of Old Hanover Road in Reisterstown around 7:20 a.m. for a confined space animal rescue, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. Fire officials said the horse had been walking over a wooden plank when it gave way, sending the animal into the deep hole. Baltimore County Fire Department Photos from the scene show firefighters and technical rescue teams surrounding the pit as the horse l…

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Police & Fire
Sheriff’s Deputy Injured In Loudoun County Motorcycle Collision (DEVELOPING) Sheriff’s Deputy Injured In Loudoun County Motorcycle Collision (DEVELOPING)
Sheriff’s Deputy Injured In Loudoun County Motorcycle Collision (Developing) A Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office deputy was hospitalized after a motorcycle crash on Mountain Road Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 13, officials said. The collision happened around 1 p.m. between Hyatt Lane and Morrisonville Road, according to the sheriff’s office. The deputy, a member of the LCSO Motor Unit, and the other individual involved — who was also riding a motorcycle — were both transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact Deputy Walsh at 7…

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Lifestyle
‘Fighting For Her Life’: Port Deposit 6-Year-Old With Leukemia Now Recovering At Home ‘Fighting For Her Life’: Port Deposit 6-Year-Old With Leukemia Now Recovering At Home
‘Fighting For Her Life’: Port Deposit 6-Year-Old With Leukemia Now Recovering At Home Oakley Avalos continues her unexpected fight against B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia — but this week, she’s doing it from the comfort of home, surrounded by the family who has been by the 6-year-old's side since day one. Her parents, Bethany and Chad Avalos, said in an update on Wednesday, Aug. 13, that Oakley’s levels held steady enough for doctors at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore to approve her release after weeks of treatment.  It’s a big step forward in a battle that began unexpectedly, when the little girl — known for her love of all things pink, unicorns, axolotls — was giv…

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Traffic
$90K Weed Bust At Dulles Airport Marks 2nd Major Seizure In 3 Days: Feds $90K Weed Bust At Dulles Airport Marks 2nd Major Seizure In 3 Days: Feds
$90K Weed Bust At Dulles Airport Marks 2nd Major Seizure In 3 Days: Feds A Georgia man was busted at Dulles International Airport with more than 23 pounds of marijuana stuffed in his suitcase — the second major weed seizure at the airport in just three days, officials said. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said officers stopped 27-year-old Octavious Lamar Dozier, of Atlanta, on Tuesday, Aug. 5, as he tried to board a Dublin-bound flight with a connection to Leeds, England. CBP said an inspection of checked baggage being loaded onto the flight uncovered 14 vacuum-sealed packages inside a hard-sided suitcase.  The packages contained a green leafy subst…

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