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Jillian Pikora

Senior Assistant Managing Editor

jpikora@dailyvoice.com

Jillian is an editor and reporter based out of Pennsylvania's capital city of Harrisburg. She has a degree in Political Science and is a former political campaign manager. For over a decade, she has worked as a staff reporter and freelance writer at Sisters Magazine, The Tempest, Huffington Post, CairoScene, and several other outlets. Before joining Daily Voice, Jillian worked as a digital news editor at Hearst's local NBC affiliate, WGAL News 8. She currently assists in managing Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts; as well as reporting stories in Pennsylvania for Daily Voice.

Jillian Pikora's Contributions

Police & Fire

Missing: Woman Wanders Off From Chambersburg Group Home A woman has been reported as missing after wandering off on Monday. Barbara Varner "walked away" from her group home in Chambersburg on Oct. 2, according to area police. She was last spotted in seen in the Green Village area on Wednesday at around 1 p.m., according to a police release that evening. Varner has "severe mental health disorders," authorities explained, which is why the Chambersburg Police Department is asking for the public's help. If you have any information on her whereabouts, please contact the Chambersburg Police Department or the Pennsylvania…

by Jillian Pikora

10/04/2023

Police & Fire

15 Men Caught In Undercover Sting At Central PA Hotel Fifteen men from across Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Colorado have been arrested while allegedly trying to meet with prostitutes at a Central Pennsylvania hotel. Instead of finding the women, the men thought they had communicated with to arrange for sex in exchange for cash, they found the Cumberland County Human Trafficking Task Force waiting to take them into custody, according to a release by the Cumberland County District Attorney's office on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The men had really been in contact with undercover officers with the task force as they conducted "Operation Impact …

by Jillian Pikora

10/04/2023

Schools

Python Found At Central PA School: Police A python was found at a Central Pennsylvania school on Tuesday. The ball python was found during student pick-up just before 4 p.m. on Oct. 3rd. The Lower Paxton Township Police think the snake may have slithered out of a family's car at Dauphin County Technical School. Anyone with information about the snake and who it may belong to is asked to call the Lower Paxton Township Police Department at 717-558-6900.

by Jillian Pikora

10/04/2023

Traffic

27 Miles Of I-78 Reopen Almost 8 Hours After Triple Tractor-Trailer Crash A multi-vehicle crash shuttered 27 miles of Interstate 78 for nearly eight hours on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The crash involving three tractor-trailers and an SUV happened in the eastbound lanes of I-78 at milepost 49, near Route 100, in Upper Macungie Township just before 5:20 a.m. on Oct. 4, authorities said. All lanes were closed and detoured to Route 863, Pennsylvania State Police said. The 27-mile closure shut the interstate down from Exit 23: Shartlesville interchange in Berks County through Exit 49A: Route 100 So…

by Jillian Pikora

10/04/2023

Schools

'American Cultures' Teacher, PA Dad Admits To Uploading Child Porn To Kik The former eighth-grade "American Cultures" teacher at Hershey Middle School, Arthur "Art" Neal Titzel has pleaded guilty and been sentenced after being caught uploading videos of child pornography to the social media app Kik, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. The 53-year-old from Camp Hill is "a teacher of American history interested in the many stories that tell us who we are and where we came from," according to one of his many social media accounts. Apparently, social media is what got him in trouble as the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office charged hi…

by Jillian Pikora

10/04/2023

Traffic

I-83 Reopens After Multi-Vehicle Crash In Central PA Interstate 83 has reopened several hours after a crash in Central Pennsylvania. Part of Interstate 83 was shut down due to a multiple-vehicle crash on Tuesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The crash closed I-83 northbound between Exit 19 to Market Street and Exit 21A to Route 30 East/Arsenal Road. The crash was reported at 6:42 a.m. on Oct. 4. As of 8 a.m., the roadway was still shuttered and major delays were ongoing. Around 9:30 a.m. the roadway appeared to have reopened, on PennDOT's 511PA traffic maps. The number of vehicles invol…

by Jillian Pikora

10/04/2023

News

PA Man Who Struck Amish Teen Dead Sentenced, 'Not Their Place To Judge' Community Says A Lititz man who pleaded guilty to striking an Amish horse and buggy — killing an Amish teen — has been sentenced by an "English" judge but the local Amish community apparently feels differently about the tragedy. Phillip Cornelius Sullivan, II, then 18 years old, driving a 2009 Lexus Sedan, struck a horse-drawn buggy, ejecting the driver, 18-year-old Andrew J. Stoltzfus of Honey Brook, before fleeing the scene, according to the police. The whole incident happened along the 5700 block of Division Highway around 2:45 a.m. on July 5, 2021, as Daily Vice reported at the time. Stoltzfus …

by Jillian Pikora

10/03/2023

Police & Fire

PA Man Who Escaped Police Custody While In Hospital, Captured In SC A man who fled from a Pennsylvania hospital while under guard of police has been recaptured in South Carolina, police announced on Oct. 3. Ishan Shamere Phinn, 27, has been charged with escape, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and resisting arrest after fleeing from the hospital, court records show. He was arrested on a warrant out of Gettysburg in connection with false identification to police in March, and a theft and drug incident that also led to Phinn endangering the welfare of children while acting as a parenting or guardian back in January and February…

by Jillian Pikora

10/03/2023

Police & Fire

'Armed, Dangerous' Murder Suspect Turns Himself Over To Police In Central PA A Central Pennsylvania man wanted in connection with a weekend killing has turned himself over to authorities, according to an updated release on Tuesday. Terrance McCain, 37, was wanted for criminal homicide following the shooting on the 900 block of S. Duke Street around 1:20 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 in Lancaster, police said. Along with his attorney, he turned himself over to the police at Lancaster City Police Station at 12:25 p.m. on Oct. 3, the police announced about an hour later. The man who was shot was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Saturday, the…

by Jillian Pikora & Cecilia Levine

10/03/2023

News

Former NJ Fire Chief Sentenced For Downloading 100+ Child Porn Images in PA A retired New Jersey fire chief was found with 111 images and videos of child pornography downloaded onto his home computer in Plainfield, Pennsylvania, according to the Cumberland County District Attorney. Frank Edward Svitak, 65, was investigated after a cybertip was sent to the police when he initially began downloading the pornography, the DA explains. Judge Jessica Brewbaker has sentenced him to serve two to four years in a Pennsylvania state correctional institution. Once he is released, he will also be required to register with Megan's Law sex offender list, the DA stated…

by Jillian Pikora

10/03/2023

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