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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

PA Teen Girl Stabs 19-Year-Old Man To Death: Police A 17-year-old girl has been arrested after she allegedly stabbed a 19-year-old man to death, police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Janiyah Ann Torres was supposedly in a domestic dispute with Anthony Serrano Jr. when she stabbed him around 11:49 p.m. on Monday night, investigators with the Columbia Borough of Police detailed in a release the following morning. Officers with the borough were called to the scene after Torres phoned 911 to report the stabbing in the 200 block of North Third Street. When officials arrived they found Serrano Jr. suffering from a single stab wound. H…

by Jillian Pikora

08/15/2023

Police & Fire

Murder Charge: PA Grandma Slammed Into Wall Until She Loses Consciousness, Police A 24-year-old woman has been charged with murder in connection with the death of her 82-year-old grandmother, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday night. Mary Sigman was found in cardiac arrest at a home on Sigman Road in Providence Township at 11:31 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, according to the release by state police. Troopers responded to the call and discovered Mary was the victim of a domestic dispute with her granddaughter, Shasta Sigman. Shasta pushed Mary into a wall, she then "fell to the ground and forcefully hit her head against a wall, causing …

by Jillian Pikora

08/14/2023

Police & Fire

PA Transgender Sex Offender Joins 'Most Wanted' List: Sheriff A convicted sex offender, who is a biological female but now identifies as male, is wanted by police, according to a release on Aug. 14, 2023. Sarah Katilyn Bartlett of Gettysburg was convicted on January 22, 2016, of "solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct," according to the Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law registry. The offense date was 2015, and at the time Sarah identified as female and sometimes used the name Sarah Morreale as well as multiple spelling variations of her given name, according to the registry. As of June 26, 2023, Sarah was placed on 3…

by Jillian Pikora

08/14/2023

Lifestyle

Jackpot Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Central Pennsylvania Are you a winner? Someone in Lancaster County is $600,000 richer (before taxes), according to the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission. A jackpot-winning Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket sold at the Sheetz, 4010 Columbia Avenue, Columbia, for the Saturday, Aug. 12 drawing. The store will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The winning ticket matched all five balls drawn with the following numbers 13-16-27-30-32. More than 14,900 other Cash 5 tickets also won prizes in the drawing. Players are reminded to check every ticket, every time. Any prizes won on any game must be claim…

by Jillian Pikora

08/14/2023

Police & Fire

Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say A man "fighting with customers" outside a shopping plaza assaulted officers who came to investigate on Sunday, police claim. Anthony Belfere was found lying on the ground "yelling profanities" outside the Target at 1008 Lititz Pike, around 11:46 a.m. on Aug. 13, Northern Lancaster County Regional police announced the following day. Officers recognized Belfere "from previous encounters," as stated in the release. As the police approached him he "became belligerent," and "appeared to be under the influence of drugs and or alcohol," the police said. When the officers attemp…

by Jillian Pikora

08/14/2023

News

Helicopter Crash Kills Pennsylvania Dad Of 3, Leaving Behind Pregnant Wife A Pennsylvania dad of three is dead after his helicopter crashed on Saturday, authorities say. Theodore 'Ted' Farwell of the Benton and Orangeville area, was crop dusting when an electrical line was struck near Nescopeck, multiple authorities explained. The 39-year-old had been dusting fields along the 100 block of Mifflin X Road near Bloomsburg when the aircraft went down at 9:45 a.m., according to Columbia County Coroner Jeremy Reese. The Bell 47G-5 he was flying was registered to Triple F Flying Inc., of Benton, his family's business, according to the Federal Aviation Administration a…

by Jillian Pikora

08/14/2023

Police & Fire

Robber Forces Clerk To Strip At Central PA Family Dollar: Police An armed robber forced a Pennsylvania woman to strip naked at a Family Dollar on Wednesday, Aug. 2, authorities announced the following week. The pictured man subject entered the Family Dollar located at 1025 Mount Rose Avenue and robbed the store employees at gunpoint around 10 p.m., according to Spring Garden Township Police, "Prior to fleeing the store, he forced a female employee to remove all of her clothing," the police stated in a release on Thursday, Aug. 10. The armed robber is described as a Black man approximately in his mid-20's. He has a thin build and was last seen…

by Jillian Pikora

08/12/2023

Police & Fire

Bomb Threat: Hershey's Chocolate World Evacuated (Developing) Bomb-sniffing dogs were called to the sweetest place on earth on Friday, authorities. Security personnel at Hershey's Chocolate World alerted dispatchers at the Dauphin County 911 Center of a reported bomb threat to the facility at 3:25 p.m., on Aug. 11, according to Dauphin County Communications Director Jennifer Fitch. "The building was being evacuated as a precaution," Fitch said. The Derry Township Police Department is leading the investigation and the county's sheriff’s office provided the bomb-sniffing dogs, Fitch explained. Daily Voice has reached out to the police and …

by Jillian Pikora

08/11/2023

News

Hospitalizations Lead To Ice Cream Recall In 19 States, Including NY: FDA Hospitalizations have led a New York-based company to recall its packages of soft-serve ice cream — in 19 states, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Two people have reported becoming ill in New York and Pennsylvania after consuming Soft Serve On The Go by Real Kosher Ice Cream of Brooklyn, according to the FDA recall notice issued on Wednesday, Aug. 9. "Both individuals were hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported to date," the FDA said. After the first patient in Pennsylvania became ill, the state's Department of Agriculture tested samples of the product and found Li…

by Jillian Pikora

08/11/2023

News

Hospitalizations Lead To Ice Cream Recall In 19 States: FDA Hospitalizations have led a New York-based company to recall its packages of soft-serve ice cream — in 19 states, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Two people have reported becoming ill in New York and Pennsylvania after consuming Soft Serve On The Go by Real Kosher Ice Cream of Brooklyn, NY, according to the FDA recall notice issued on Aug. 9. "Both individuals were hospitalized but no deaths have been reported to date," the FDA said. After the first patient in Pennsylvania became ill, the state's Department of Agriculture tested samples of the product, finding Listeria mono…

by Jillian Pikora

08/11/2023

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