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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

Amish Horse-Buggy Crash Hospitalizes 9 People In Lancaster Co.(Developing) A horse and buggy crash — injuring nine people — happened Tuesday night, authorities said. The crash involved a passenger vehicle and a horse and buggy in the 600 block of Strasburg Road in Paradise Township, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. The area is near the Land O Lakes distinguished farm and bed and breakfast, Neffdale Farms, according to Google Maps. Northern Lancaster County Regional Police were called to assist EMS at the scene, around 9:50 p.m. on Sept. 5. EMS took the nine injured people to a local hospital. Which vehicle the…

by Jillian Pikora

09/06/2023

Police & Fire

Deadly Crosswalk Hit-Run In Central Pennsylvania, Police Say A hit-and-run driver struck a man dead in Harrisburg on Sunday, according to the police. The man was struck in the crosswalk near North 6th and Radnor streets around 2 a.m. on Sept. 3, according to the Harrisburg police. When the police arrived and found the dead man they immediately began an investigation. "The striking vehicle had originally fled the scene but was later located by police," as stated in the release. Details about the deadly collision have not been released. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Harrisburg Police, at 717…

by Jillian Pikora

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

PA Man Struck In Marked Crosswalk ID'd: Police A 74-year-old man has been identified after he died at a hospital after being struck in a Central Pennsylvania crosswalk, police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Tar Pee Tu of Charles Road in Lancaster, was struck in the crosswalk in the first block of Pitney Road in Lancaster at approximately 11:13 p.m. on Sept. 2, the East Lampeter Township Police Department detailed in a release. The southbound striking vehicle was a gray 2009 Acura TSX driven by 34-year-old Luis Petrilli-Rivera, of South Ann Street in Lancaster, the police explained. He remained on the scene.&nbs…

by Jillian Pikora

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

Pedestrian Struck Dead Leaving Sheetz: York County Coroner A man was struck dead crossing a road in York County on Monday evening, authorities announced. The unidentified 58-year-old was hit by a 2001 Dodge Caravan driven by a 69-year-old Dillsburg man heading north in the far right lane of Carlisle Road near York Crossing Drive, West Manchester Police explained in a release on Tuesday. The man was walking from Sheetz diagonally, not in a crosswalk, when he was struck around 9:15 p.m. on Sept. 4, according to the York County Coroner's Office report. His time of death was 10:10 p.m. as certified by Deputy Coroner Scott Pennewell. …

by Jillian Pikora

09/05/2023

News

PA 'Asian' Massage Parlor Raid Turns Human Trafficking Ring Bust: DA A 12-agency joint investigation has led to the downfall of a large-scale human trafficking ring across three Central Pennsylvania counties, authorities announced on Friday, Sept. 1. The sex and human trafficking ring was broken up by a year-long operation: Closed2Trafficking, which targeted 10 massage parlors in York, Dauphin, and Cumberland counties. District Attorney Sean McCormack released the following statement on the operation: “Since we began these operations targeting sex buyers who drive the demand for commercial sex, we have arrested 45 individuals. Every single dollar that …

by Jillian Pikora

09/01/2023

Police & Fire

Central PA Mom Bites Corrections Officer, Police Say A 43-year-old mom fought and bit a corrections officer, Central Pennsylvania police announced on Sept. 1. Shanika Shanta Cheatham most recently of Enola was spotted driving erratictly around 11:15 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 24, according to the East Pennsboro Police Department. She was found appearing to be under the influence of alcohol without a valid license at the intersection of North Enola and East Columbia roads, the police explained. Cheatham was arrested and put in a patrol vehicle to be taken to the Cumberland County Prison for chemical testing — but before arriving at the priso…

by Jillian Pikora

09/01/2023

Traffic

I-81 In PA Reopens Following Triple Fatal Maryland Crash (Update) Part of Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania was shuttered following a triple fatal multi-vehicle crash at the border with Maryland, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Officials told Daily Voice on Friday. Four tractor-trailers, at least two passenger vehicles, and several motorcycles were involved in a deadly crash at mile marker 10 on Interstate 81 South in Washington County Maryland around 11 a.m. on Sept. 1, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. Three people are confirmed dead, several others are entrapped, and at least one person has been airlifted from the scene a…

by Jillian Pikora

09/01/2023

Traffic

Tractor-Trailer Crash Halts Traffic For Hours In PA On I-81 (Photos) An oil spill caused by a tractor-trailer crash halted traffic on Interstate 81 for hours on Friday morning. The tractor-trailer crashed in the northbound lanes of I-81, near Exit 80/Route 743 for Grantville around 1 a.m. on Sept. 1, authorities say. The Pennsylvania State Police, fire police, and the Grantville Volunteer Fire Company were called to the scene. The scene of the tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 81 in Central Pennsylvania. Grantville Volunteer Fire Company The highway reopened around 4:30 a.m., according to PennDOT. The scene of the tractor-trailer crash on Inte…

by Jillian Pikora

09/01/2023

Police & Fire

Video Of Toddler Vaping On Snapchat Made By PA Mom, Friend, Police Say A former substitute teacher's aide who was convicted of calling threats into an elementary is in hot water again. Naomi Shayanna Wenger is currently serving five years probation as part of a negotiated plea deal after calling in threats to Martic Elementary School in the Penn Manor School District around 2:19 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23. Wenger is a 21-year-old mom with a 2-year-old daughter according to public records and social media posts. She and her 18-year-old friend, Elena Katerine Zaharchuk, made a video of a 2-year-old child being given a vape pen, puttin…

by Jillian Pikora

08/31/2023

News

Accused PA Hotel Shooter Nabbed In Texas By US Marshals One of two men accused of shooting a 16-year-old girl at a Central Pennsylvania hotel has been arrested, authorities announced on Thursday, Aug. 31. Joseph Angel Rivera Jr. was apprehended in Victoria, Texas by members of the Victoria City Police Department and US Marshall's Office on July 21, 2023. The shooting he is accused of being involved in "seriously injured" a 16-year-old girl at the Budget Host Inn located at 2140 Lincoln Highway East in Lancaster around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, East Lampeter Township police explained at the time. The Budget Inn where the shoot…

by Jillian Pikora

08/31/2023

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