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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

News

Girl Orphaned: MD Man Shot PA Mom Before Turning Gun On Himself A police standoff in York County has ended with a murder-suicide, York County Coroner Pam Gay told Daily Voice. A 31-year-old Prince George's, Maryland resident Devon Elias shot 29-year-old Megan Caitlyn Saunders in the chest before shooting himself in the head, around 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, according to the York County Coroner's office. Chief Deputy Coroner Tania Zech was called to the scene to investigate and certify the deaths at 2:47 p.m. This incident is from an "apparent domestic incident" and the time of death was recorded as 3:35 p.m., as stated in the coroner's release…

by Jillian Pikora

09/13/2023

Police & Fire

Fatal Fire: Woman Killed, Police Officer Treated After Historic Summy House Goes Up In Smoke A woman has died following a fire at the historic building known as The Summy House. The fire broke out at the Summy House, 33 South Main Street, Manheim Borough at 5:07 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, according to borough police. The fire was in a second-floor room in the historic building that is home to 20 apartments and 22 residents, the police explained in a release that afternoon. When officers found the room where they believed the fire was coming from, it was locked. Two officers broke down the door, extracted a woman from the room, and got the remaining apartment residents to sa…

by Jillian Pikora

09/13/2023

Traffic

Spilled Milk Causes Major Delays On US 22/322: PennDOT A milk tanker spilled on US 22/322 on Wednesday morning, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials say. The tractor-trailer cab was hauling the milk tanker when it crashed at mile marker 236.8, between the Dauphin Narrows and the Front St exit when it crashed, according to PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler. The call to officials came in at 9:52 a,m, on Sept. 13, according to Schreffler. The driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to an area hospital, Schreffler explained. The right lane was closed for emergency vehicles accessing the area. US 22/322 E…

by Jillian Pikora

09/13/2023

Obituaries

Murder-suicide: Township Secretary Shot Dead By Husband, PA State Police A 69-year-old man shot his wife before turning the gun on himself Tuesday night, police say. April Rehbein, a secretary for Codorus Township, was found shot dead in the front yard of her home around 6:15 p.m. on Sept. 12, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Her husband, David P. Rehbein is believed to have shoot her following an argument that evening, a relative who found their bodies told authorities. David was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the home in the 4600 block of Shaffers Church Road, Glenville, Codorus Township, according to a release by the c…

by Jillian Pikora

09/13/2023

Lifestyle

National Video Game DAY: Pennsylvania's Most Popular Games Revealed In Study The five most popular video games in Pennsylvania have been revealed in a new study, just in time for National Video Day, Sept. 12. Experts at Play Minesweeper determined which games were Pennsylvania residents' favorites by analyzing the number of average monthly Google searches in each state for different video games using terms like ‘X cheats’ ‘buy X’ ‘X walkthrough’ combined with search volume to discover the total monthly average of searches. The games the experts found were the most popular in Pennsylvania were as follows: Minecraft with 64,502 searches. This was rel…

by Jillian Pikora

09/12/2023

Lifestyle

Prize Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Central Pennsylvania Turkey Hill A prize-winning Powerball ticket with Power Play, just won $100,000 (before taxes), according to the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission. The winning ticket sold at the Turkey Hill, 12 North Harrisburg St., Oberlin, which will receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The winning ticket matched all four of the five balls drawn with the numbers 9-25-27-53-66, and the red Powerball 5 and the Power Play in the drawing on Monday, September 11. Without the $1 Power Play option, the ticket would only have been worth $50,000. More than 43,200 other PA Lottery Powerball tickets won prize…

by Jillian Pikora

09/12/2023

Lifestyle

$100K Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Philadelphia Newstand Are you a winner? Someone just won $100,000 (before taxes) playing a Powerball ticket with Power Play, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission. The winning ticket sold at the Mike’s Newstand Inc., 2644 South Broad & Oregon Avenue, Philadelphia, which will receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The winning ticket matched all four of the five balls drawn with the numbers 9-25-27-53-66, and the red Powerball 5 and the Power Play in the drawing on Monday, September 11. Without the $1 Power Play option, the ticket would only have been worth $50,000. More than 43,200…

by Jillian Pikora

09/12/2023

Police & Fire

Accused Burglar Floods Lititz Home On Purpose, Police Say A 21-year-old man caused over $7,000 of flood damage to someone's home — on purpose, police said in a release on Monday, Sept. 11. Dylan Louie Getz already had a record of making terroristic threats and simple assaults when he broke into a home on East Locup Lane, Lititz on July 31, 2023, according to area police. The homeowners had been away, but when they returned they discovered "While inside the home, [Getz] clogged a sink in an upstairs bathroom and turned the water on causing the water to overflow the sink and leak through the floor," as stated in the release. "Additionall…

by Jillian Pikora

09/12/2023

Police & Fire

Florida Man Snapchatting With Pennsylvania Girl Caught In Sting, Police Say A Florida man was caught in a police sting in Pennsylvania after local officers received a tip that he was having "inappropriate conversations" with a girl on Snapchat, according to a police release on Monday, Sept. 11. The Camp Hill Police Department was informed about the Snapchat conversations between the 15-year-old girl and 21-year-old Ty Hunter Eaddy at 11 a.m. on Sept. 6th. The police "retrieved" the girl's phone and "began communicating with the 21-year-old" while impersonating the teen, according to a release by the police department. During the conversation with the u…

by Jillian Pikora

09/11/2023

Police & Fire

4-Year-Old Girl Shot By Wanted Murderer, Police In Pennsylvania Say A 47-year-old convicted murderer is wanted following a stand-off in Harrisburg over the weekend that left a 4-year-old girl— along with two others— shot, authorities explained on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Shawn Tyrone Jason is wanted on three felony criminal homicide attempt charges, felony aggravated assault, and felony person not to possess a firearm, according to the Harrisburg Police. Officers and SWAT were called to the reported shooting in the 1800 block of North Street just before 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9. After an approximately five-hour-long standoff, SWAT entere…

by Jillian Pikora

09/11/2023

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