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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

Business

All Fun & Games? $18K+ Of Trading Cards Stolen From Chambersburg Store: PSP Thieving is never "all fun and games," even when trading cards are the items stolen. We're not playing around, and neither are the Pennsylvania State Police, as troopers are investigating after $18,930 worth of trading cards were stolen from a gaming store in Chambersburg, according to a release on March 29, 2023. The burglary involved a break-in at All Fun & Games on the 800 block of Lincoln Way West, Hamilton Township sometime between 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 and 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 30, 2023, the police detailed in the release. Police continue to investigate this incident.

by Jillian Pikora

03/29/2023

News

Nurses Covered-Up Cause Of Resident's Death In PA Medical Facility, AG Says Two elderly nurses have been held in the Dauphin County Prison after the Attorney General Michelle Henry filed charges against them for neglecting a resident in their care "who died after sustaining injuries," according to a release by the AG's office on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Deanna Lee Hamilton, 64, of Dauphin, and Margaret Susan Nies, 71, of Hummelstown, were nurses at a Spring Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Harrisburg, in December 2019 when a male resident fell and was seriously injured—he was later hospitalized and died on Jan. 1, 2020, as detailed in the re…

by Jillian Pikora

03/28/2023

Police & Fire

Gotta Catch 'Em All! Rutters Pokémon Card Thief Wanted, Pennsylvania State Police Say "Gotta Catch 'Em All" is more than the Pokémon theme song, it apparently is the Pennsylvania State Police's little known motto. State police are trying to catch a thief "who has been stealing Pokémon Cards from Rutters," according PSP-Troop G in Lewistown. Police officers and Pokémon.Pixabay/Alexas_Fotos "The individual walks into the gas station and then takes a handful of the cards and walks off," the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers say. An incident of one of the card thefts was reported at the convenience store located at 27335 Route 75 North in Mifflintown on Sunday, March 12, 2023 a…

by Jillian Pikora

03/28/2023

News

Central PA Drug Dealer Who Made 'Graphic Threats Of Death' Arrested: Police A convicted drug dealer with a history of driving under the influence and giving alcohol to kids has been arrested for making threatening text messages, authorities say. Jemel Mixell, 31, of Mechanicsburg sent numerous threatening text messages to the victim; including graphic threats of death and bodily injury aimed at the victim and their family in Lower Allen Township, police announced on Friday, March 24, 2023. A warrant for Mixell's arrest was issued that morning at 8 a.m. following the investigation, which began on March 2, 2023 with the LATPD "took a report from a local r…

by Jillian Pikora

03/28/2023

Police & Fire

Apartment Resident Hurt When Truck Slammed Into Building In York Co: Police A two-vehicle crash in York County ended with a pick-up truck in the side of an apartment building, authorities say. York County Regional police officers were called to the crash in the area of Lombard Road and Apple Valley Drive in York Township on Monday, March 27, 2023 at 10:18 p.m., according to a release by the department the following day. Following an investigation the police believe the pick-up truck was driving east with it "lost control on the wet roadway" and struck the sedan. "After the initial impact, the pick up truck traveled off the roadway and struck a ne…

by Jillian Pikora

03/28/2023

Lifestyle

$150K Winning Powerball Lottery Ticket Sold In Central Pennsylvania Are you a winner? Someone in Central Pennsylvania just won $150,000 (before taxes) playing a Powerball ticket with Power Play, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission. The winning ticket sold at the Karns at 1706 Spring Road in Carlisle, 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 19-26-36-43-58, and the red Powerball 14 and the Power Play 3 in the drawing on Monday, March 27, 2023. Without the $1 Power Play option, the ticket would only have been worth $50,000. More than 14…

by Jillian Pikora

03/28/2023

News

Truck Left Hanging Off Bridge When Driver Flees, York County Police Say A bridge in York County is closed "for an indefinite period of time" after a driver crashed their truck— leaving the front end dangling over the edge— before fleeing the scene, police say. York County Regional police officers where called to a report of "a vehicle into a bridge" in the 500 block of Wago Road in East Manchester Township around 4:48 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, according to a release by the department issued later that morning. When officers arrived, they officers found the pick-up truck "partially hanging off the side of a bridge above a creek," as …

by Jillian Pikora

03/28/2023

News

Fire Breaks Out At Former Chocolate Factory In Lititz, Authorities Say A fire broke out at the former Wilbur Chocolate Factory in Lititz on Monday, March 27, 2023, authorities say. The Factory is currently home to Blackworth Live Fire and Grill and the Wilbur Lititz Hotel located in the 1st block of North Broad Street/PA Route 501 in the Downtown Lititz District— both were evacuated when the fire began at 7 p.m., area police and fire officials say. The roadway was also closed until 10 p.m., accoring to the Lititz Borough police. Emergency crews are currently operating on a building fire on Broad Street. Please use caution when traveling through Lititz. …

by Jillian Pikora

03/28/2023

News

22-Year-Old Falls From Parking Garage In Central Pennsylvania, Police Say A 22-year-old fell to their death from the roof of a parking garage in Central Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Friday, March 24, 2023. Emergency crews were called to a report of an unresponsive person laying next to a parking garage at 135 South Fraser Street, State College on Saturday, March 18 at 7:45 p.m., area police say. Upon arrival officers found the individual to have "suffered fatal injuries consistent with a fall from above,” as stated in the release. The unidentified person was pronounced dead at the scene. State College Police and the Centre County Coro…

by Jillian Pikora

03/27/2023

News

Inmate Dies Returning From Work Release In York County: Coroner A 28-year-old inmate has died on his way back to the York County Prison from work release, authorities say. Prison officials attempted to revive the unnamed man but he was pronounced deceased on Monday, March 27 at 9:50 a.m. and his death was certified by York County Deputy Coroner Michele Kirchner, according to a release by the coroner's office. His name will reportedly be release following his autopsy which is scheduled for the inmate Tuesday at around 10 a.m. at the Lehigh Valley Hospital. Prison officials believe the death "reported to be a suspected overdose," the cor…

by Jillian Pikora

03/27/2023

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