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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.

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Police & Fire

NY Man Stabs Ex-Girlfriend With Kitchen Knife In PA, Police Say A New York man stabbed his ex-girlfriend "in the legs several times" with a kitchen knife on July 31, 2023, police say. David Hernandez, 36, of Syracuse, grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed his former girlfriend at a home on the 500 block of North State Street in Ephrata just after noon on Monday, area police detailed. The police investigation revealed the couple got into an argument prior to the stabbing. He claimed he came to the home to "retrieve belongings from his former girlfriend," as stated in the police release The woman was given aid at the scene befo…

by Jillian Pikora

08/01/2023

Police & Fire

PA Sheetz Shooting Suspect Found By US Marshals: Police The man supposedly responsible for a shooting at a Pennsylvania Sheetz was located by US Marshals, but they didn't arrest him, police explained on Friday, Aug. 4. Angelo Christopher Rice, 21, of Carlisle, was wanted in connection with the shooting of another man at the Sheetz at 1098 Harrisburg Pike near Carlisle, the Cumberland County District Attorney and Middlesex Township Police explained in an announcement on Aug. 2. The shooting injured a man on Wednesday, July 26 around 6 p.m. He was taken to Penn State Holy Spirit Medical Center in Camp Hill, according to an earlier…

by Jillian Pikora

08/01/2023

Police & Fire

Missing Endangered Alert Canceled: PA State Police UPDATE: Darryl Palmer was "located and is safe," Pennsylvania state police announce late on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. The Missing Endangered Person Advisory has been canceled. No additional information was released. ORIGINAL: A 60-year-old man is missing and could be at risk of harm or injury, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. Darryl Palmer was last seen in the area of the 6200 block of Main Street, Salisbury Township, around 10 p.m. on July 30, 2023, state police explained. The Lancaster County man is described as 5’5″ tall, 150 lbs with grey hair with …

by Jillian Pikora

08/01/2023

Traffic

Two Fatal Crashes In Central PA: PennDOT Two fatal crashes halted traffic in Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning authorities told Daily Voice. As of 11 a.m. on Aug. 1st, lane restriction had just been lifted on Route 22 West/322 between the Midway and PA 34-Newport/New Bloomfield exits. The deadly single-vehicle crash happened around 7 a.m., according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. There was entrapment in the crash, but the number of persons in the vehicle and their identities have not been released. The crash happened between two work zones—but not in any work zone itself,&nbs…

by Jillian Pikora

08/01/2023

Traffic

2 Crashes Shutter I-81 In Southcentral PA: PennDOT (Developing) Two multi-vehicle crashes halted all traffic on Interstate 81 in Southcentral Pennsylvania on Monday evening. The first crash happened just before 4 p.m. on July 31, 2023. The crash was in the northbound lanes between exits 20: PA 997 - Scotland and 24:PA 696 - Fayette Street, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The first crash was between a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The second crash happened just after 4:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-81 between the same exits…

by Jillian Pikora

07/31/2023

Obituaries

Murder-Suicide: 'Soulmate' Husband Kills Author Wife In PA A self-described "lifestyle influencer" and author died in an apparent murder-suicide in Central Pennsylvania, authorities told Daily Voice on July 31, 2023. Jeffrey "Jeff" Scott Wenrich, 63, and his wife, Tharifah "Tharifa" Wenrich, 64, were found shot to death at their home in the 100 block of Scottsdale Drive by a family member around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Mifflinburg Police told Daily Voice. Jeff is believed to have shot Tharia and then turned the gun on himself sometime between 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. on July 30. The couple lived together at the home, no one else was involv…

by Jillian Pikora

07/31/2023

Obituaries

Team Of Horses Tramples Amish Teen To Death In Central PA: Authorities An 18-year-old Amish man has died after a serious farming accident in Lancaster County, authorities told Daily Voice on Monday, July 31, 2023. Aaron Stolzfus had been doing farm work involving horse-drawn equipment at his home when the team of horses trampled him on Saturday afternoon. Pennsylvania State Police were called to the incident at a farm on Picadilly Hill Road near Stony Hill Road in Eden Township. The coroner was called to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital to certify a death in the emergency department at 3:58 p.m. Aaron had been declared deceased by th…

by Jillian Pikora

07/31/2023

Police & Fire

Grenade Found In PA Park, Police Say The Pennsylvania State Police Bomb Squad searched a local park after a "training type hand grenade that had been modified into an improvised explosive device," was found. A man told the Lebanon City police that he found the grenade while walking in Coleman Memorial Park on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. He contacted the police and turned the bomb over the following day. The Lebanon City resident and police returned to the park where he said he found the device but they "were unable to locate additional devices or any other evidence," as stated in a release on Friday, July 28. The P…

by Jillian Pikora

07/28/2023

News

5-Year-Old Boy Dies From Adoptive Pennsylvania Parents' Abuse: DA Says A 5-year-old boy is dead and his adoptive parents have been charged with homicide, authorities announced on July 28, 2023. Landon Maloberti was taken to a hospital after becoming unconscious in January — a week later he was dead, the Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli explained in a press conference on Friday. In the months since Landon's passing an investigation into his adoptive parents has been conducted and on Thursday, Jacob "Jake" and Lauren Maloberti were arrested on numerous charges in connection with his death, including criminal homicide. …

by Jillian Pikora

07/28/2023

Police & Fire

Woman Hospitalized Following Firetruck Collision In Central PA (Photos) A woman was hurt when her car slammed into a firetruck on Tuesday, authorities announced on July 27, 2023. The woman was driving her Subaru at a high rate of speed in the 1200 block of East Lisburn Road near Gutshall Lane in Upper Allen Township when she lost control of her vehicle, area police detailed in a release on Thursday. She "crossed the center dividing line into the path of Lisburn Community Fire Company’s fire engine," the police said. The two vehicles collided at approximately 7:15 p.m. on July 25, 2023, according to the police. The fire company was not responding t…

by Jillian Pikora

07/28/2023

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