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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.

Zak Failla's Contributions

Lifestyle

From Lily to Frances: ‘Modern Family’ Star Aubrey Anderson-Emmons Debuts Music Career With EP Modern Family fans know her as Lily, but Aubrey Anderson-Emmons is ready for a new chapter — as Frances Anderson, an 18-year-old singer-songwriter making waves with her debut EP Drown. After spending nearly a decade on screen, Anderson made it official this week that she was changing her name as she continues to pursue interests outside of television. The details were first reported by E! News. “Frances is actually part of my legal name—it’s my middle name, and it’s after my mom’s old family friend,” she told the outlet. "I thought, one, it was a bit shorter than ‘Aubrey Anderson-Emm…

by Zak Failla

08/09/2025

Business

Dangerous Bacteria Found in Popular Soaps: Nationwide Recall Hits US Homes, Hospitals A nationwide recall is in effect for dozens of soap and skincare products sold in homes, hospitals, and care facilities after tests revealed dangerous bacterial contamination, the US Food and Drug Administration announced. New Jersey-based DermaRite Industries is pulling multiple lots of DermaKleen, DermaSarra, KleenFoam, and PeriGiene products from shelves nationwide, including Puerto Rico, after the products tested positive for Burkholderia cepacia, federal officials said. The bacteria can cause serious and potentially life-threatening infections, especially in people with weakened immune…

by Zak Failla

08/09/2025

Politics

Trump Promises To ‘Essentially Stop Violent Crime’ In Nation's Capital — Starting Monday President Donald Trump says he can “essentially stop violent crime” in Washington, DC — and he claims it could start Monday. Amid growing tensions about the president deploying federal officers in the nation's capital, Trump made plans for an announcement to start the week that will help curtail a perceived string of crime. "On Monday, a (press conference) will be held at the White House, which will, essentially, stop violent crime in Washington, DC,” he posted on Truth Social. “It has become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the World. It will soon be one of the safest!!!"…

by Zak Failla

08/09/2025

Business

Boar’s Head Plant Linked To Deadly Listeria Outbreak Set To Reopen: Reports The Boar's Head deli meat plant in Virginia, linked to a listeria outbreak that killed 10 people and sickened dozens more, is set to reopen, according to reports. In September 2024, millions of pounds of deli meat were subject to recall after a listeria outbreak was reported at the facility in Jarratt, Virginia, where liverwurst samples tested positive for the bacteria. The outbreak sickened at least 60 people in more than a dozen states, according to federal officials. The facility was shut down in September, leaving nearly 200 workers without a job. “It pains us to impact the livel…

by Zak Failla

08/09/2025

Business

Man Carried Out Late-Night Hate Crime On Jewish-Owned Baltimore Storefront: Police A Maryland man is facing hate crime-related charges after police say he targeted a Jewish-owned, Israel-supporting business with a late-night vandalism attack. Baltimore County Police arrested 39-year-old Jonathon Wagner in connection with the destruction of property at Kitchen Designs by Idan on Falls Road earlier this week, authorities announced. Investigators said the store owner had displayed Israeli flags outside the business, which the vandalism was directed toward. Kitchen Design by Idan Facebook via Caren Shalom Levin Police said the attack happened just before mi…

by Zak Failla

08/09/2025

Police & Fire

Chantilly Man Booked One-Way Flight Day After Parents Caught Him With Teen Girl: Police A 50-year-old man who booked a ticket out of the country a day after being caught in the act by a teen's parents in Virginia is back behind bars, officials say. Chantilly resident Akbar Yunusi is facing a laundry list of charges after he was picked up by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents returning to the country earlier this week, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Investigators say that on April 20, officers were called to the 14000 block of Braddock Road in Centreville, where there was a reported sex offense involving Yunusi and a 14-year-old child, who w…

by Zak Failla

08/08/2025

Police & Fire

Accokeek Man Shoots Mother’s Boyfriend Dead Inside Shared Home: Police A man was arrested after police say he shot and killed his mother’s boyfriend during an ongoing dispute inside their Maryland home. Clarence Green Jr., 24, is facing murder charges after allegedly opening fire on 38-year-old Gene Garrett Jr. just after midnight Friday, Aug. 8, in the 16000 block of Caribbean Way in Accokeek, according to Prince George’s County Police. When officers got to the scene around 12 a.m., they found Garrett suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead inside the home. Police say Green and Garrett knew each other and were co-habitants. Green was arrested a…

by Zak Failla

08/08/2025

Obituaries

Teen Beauty Entrepreneur Adrianna Alicka Killed In Clinton Crash Days Before 20th Birthday Adrianna Alicka always had an eye toward the future — And that future was all about helping making others feel beautiful. The 19-year-old from Hughesville died on Wednesday, Aug. 6 in a single-vehicle crash on Tippett Road in Clinton, according to police. Investigators say that they were called late on Wednesday to a stretch of the roadway, where they found Alicka, who was a passenger in the vehicle, dead, after the vehicle struck a utility pole. It was just 10 days before her 20th birthday. "Adrianna was an extraordinary young woman with a kind heart and was so hopeful for her life," Rya…

by Zak Failla

08/08/2025

Police & Fire

Boy With Autism Rescued From Germantown Library Pond: 'This Could Have Ended Very Differently' A missing 6-year-old autistic boy who can’t speak was found waist-deep in a pond behind a Maryland library. The child was located on Wednesday, Aug. 6, in Germantown, after a family member flagged down officers in the 19800 block of Century Boulevard around 5:40 p.m. and said the non-verbal boy had been missing for 45 minutes. According to Montgomery County Police, the boy had wandered off before, but this time the family didn’t know which way he went. Officers from the department’s 5th District immediately began searching the area, when a community member told an officer they had just see…

by Zak Failla

08/08/2025

Police & Fire

Spotsy Man Stomps Stranger’s Car, Bolts Through Hospital In Wild Police Chase: Sheriff He stomped on the roof of a car that wasn’t his, tried to break in, then took deputies on a wild ride through a hospital parking lot before ditching his car near I-95, the sheriff said. Moriano Lardge, 38, of Stafford, was arrested on Wednesday night, Aug. 6, after a chaotic series of events that began around 11 p.m. on Sun Bluff Way, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office. A caller reported seeing a man “standing on top of a vehicle that did not belong to him, stomping on it, yelling, and attempting to break into it,” the sheriff’s office said on Friday, Aug. 8. When deputi…

by Zak Failla

08/08/2025

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