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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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News

Man Struck Dead Crossing Rt. 30 ID'd: Coroner A man in a crosswalk near Route 30 was struck dead on Thursday morning, according to the York County coroner's office. A truck struck 49-year-old Russell Conley of the 1700 block of Devers Road, York City, dead at 1:36 a.m., according to an updated release by the coroner's office. The collision happened in the crosswalk by Rutter's at the corner of Locucks Road/Route 30 and Pennsylvania Avenue, on July 6, 2023, according to the coroner's release. The truck driver stopped, stayed on the scene, and is cooperating with the York County Regional Police Department, Coroner Pam …

by Jillian Pikora

07/06/2023

Police & Fire

Homicide Suspect Arrested For Shooting By Recovery House Of Worship York A 22-year-old man has been arrested six months to the day after a deadly shooting in York City, area police announced on Thursday, July 6, 2023. Stephon Damieen Brown, 22, of New Freedom, has been arrested on charged with homicide for the shooting death of Demetres Lewis. Demetres Lewis, 34, of the 1000 block of Edison Street in York was pronounced dead from multiple gunshot wounds in the 100 block of South Belvidere Street in York City on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 12:33 a.m. by Chief Deputy Coroner Tania Zech, according to a release the night after the shooting. This is directly outside …

by Jillian Pikora

07/06/2023

Police & Fire

'Riotous' Teens With Gun Disrupt Central PA Fireworks: Police Five teenagers have been charged after 'riotous behavior' and carrying a gun through the crowd at the Linglestown fireworks display on July 3, police announced on Wednesday. Lower Paxton Township Police were to the fireworks show at Koons Park following reports of "active assaults" in the moments before the fireworks were lit. The teens' "riotous behavior" included throwing things, and blocking the roadways, followed by criminal behavior while fleeing the police. When the teens were caught a stolen .40 caliber Taurus pistol was found on one of them, the police said. They were all ch…

by Jillian Pikora

07/06/2023

Obituaries

Engaged Couple Dead In Murder-Suicide, Cumberland Co. Coroner Says The murder-suicide victims found in a Central Pennsylvania home over the weekend have been identified as a recently engaged couple. Timothy Hanford, 49, is believed to have fatally shot his fiance, Carolyn (Hand) Eash, 57, in a home on the 800 block of Grantham Road in Upper Allen Township, Mechanicsburg, before turning the gun on himself, local officials said. Their bodies were found by police performing a welfare check around 5:30 a.m. Saturday, July 1, Upper Allen police said. Autopsies confirmed that both individuals died of gunshot wounds. Anyone with information is asked to contact…

by Jillian Pikora & Cecilia Levine

07/06/2023

News

32-Year-Old Fisherman ID'd Following Drowning: York County Coroner A 32-year-old fisherman died on Indepence Day, according to a release by the York County Coroner's office. Dustin Snook, of Dover Township was found dead in Conewago Creek near the 4200 block of Conewago Road on Tuesday evening, the York County Coroner’s office detailed in a release the following day. Dustin lived in the 3900 block of Conewago Road and had been fishing in the area when "it is believed that he may have a medical event which lead him to falling in the creek and becoming unresponsive," Coroner Pam Gay stated in the release. His death was ruled an accidental …

by Jillian Pikora

07/05/2023

Police & Fire

'Novice' Motorcyclist Goes On 100MPH Chase In Littlestown: PA State Police A "novice" motorcyclist led Pennsylvania State Police on a chase going 100 miles per hour from Straban Township into Littlestown— riding on sidewalks along the way, authorities said. PSP Gettysburg first spotted the unidentified motorcyclist going at "an extremely high rate of speed on US 15 South," at 9:13 p.m. on Monday, July 3, 2023. The troopers attempted to at least get his license plate number but the rider had obscured it, according to the PSP release on Wednesday. That's when the police's lights and sirens were turned on as officers attempted a traffic stop— …

by Jillian Pikora

07/05/2023

Police & Fire

Man ID'd Following Unattended Death Investigation In Waynesboro: Police A 59-year-old man was found dead in Waynesboro on Independence Day. Waynesboro police were called to "an unattended death" at 213A Elder Avenue around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, according to a release the following morning. Courtney Alan Keller was found dead during a welfare, police explained in an updated release on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. "An autopsy was conducted at the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA. The forensic pathologist will issue a ruling on the cause and manner of death in 6 to 8 weeks," the police stated in the updated release. The Franklin Cou…

by Jillian Pikora

07/05/2023

Lifestyle

Beyoncé Cancels Part Of Tour In PA, Here's How To Get Refunds The Pittsburgh members of the Beyhive will no longer be seeing their Queen perform. Beyoncé has canceled her Pittsburgh tour stop on her Reinassance World Tour. The announcement came the day after Independence Day and just a week before the superstar will start her United States leg of the North American tour at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The tour was supposed to continue for a couple of weeks before the singer returned to Pennsylvania with a performance at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA on Thursday, Aug. 3. For some reason the Seattle sto…

by Jillian Pikora

07/05/2023

Police & Fire

Man Found Unresponsive In PA Pool ID'd: Coroner A 71-year-old man who was found unresponsive in his Central Pennsylvania pool over the weekend has been identified, authorities said. Richard B. Flickinger was found in the pool at his home on the 3100 block of Grandview Road in Penn Township, around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, York County Coroner Pamela Gay said. Tragically, the area is one street away from a local medical center, according to Google Maps. Life-saving efforts were unsuccessful and Flickinger was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:20 p.m., by Deputy Coroner Onalee Gilbert and Deputy Coroner in Training Jackie Heffn…

by Jillian Pikora & Cecilia Levine

07/05/2023

Police & Fire

Building Explosion Rocks Central PA (Photos, Videos) A public works building exploded on Wednesday morning, July 5 in Central Pennsylvania, authorities say. Six homes were evacuated when a propane leak caused an explosion at the public works storage building behind the township's office building on 971 North Colebrook Road in Rapho Township, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications Emergency Dispatch. It happened at 6 a.m., and could be felt all the way in Columbia Borough and Mount Joy, readers told Daily Voice. Posted by Zach-DeAnne Jones on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 Rapho Township Buliding Blew up. Houses and woods aroun…

by Jillian Pikora

07/05/2023

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