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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

Traffic

Unconscious Motorcyclist In Critical Condition After Crash On Rt 441 In Lancaster Co.: Police A "serious motorcycle crash" sent a rider to the hospital in "critical condition" and caused a closure along part of Route 441 in Lancaster County on Tuesday, police announced. The Susquehanna Regional Police, along with the Lancaster County Crash Team, were called to a report of a crash involving a vehicle and a motorcycle at 2420 Rt 441/River Road in Conoy Township at 6:38 a.m. on Oct. 24, according to a police release. They arrived to find "the driver of the vehicle involved was alert and responsive" but the motorcyclist was unconscious near the crash scene.&nbs…

by Jillian Pikora

10/24/2023

Traffic

Tractor-Trailer Driver ID'd After Falling On Tracks Below I-81 At MD/PA Line (Update) A tractor-trailer driver has died after driving off Interstate 81 — onto the train tracks below, authorities announced Monday night. James C. Hayworth, 58, of Chatsworth, GA was trapped in his trailer after accidentally driving his vehicle off I-81 onto the train tracks below, the Pennsylvania State Police explained in a release the following morning. He initially survived the crash and fall, so emergency crews made "many attempts" to rescue him. Unfortunately, a coroner was called to the scene and he was pronounced dead, the Franklin Company explained in a release ar…

by Jillian Pikora

10/23/2023

News

'Charged Lemonade' From Panera Led To Death Of UPenn Student From Jersey City: Lawsuit More than a year after a UPenn student from New Jersey died, her family has filed a wrongful death suit against Panera. Sarah Katz, of Jersey City, died at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center on Sept. 10, 2022, according to her obituary. The 21-year-old's death came shortly after she drank "Charged Lemonade" at the Panera located at 200 South 40th Street, in Philadelphia, according to the lawsuit filed on Monday, Oct. 23, by Kline & Specter, P.C. on behalf of Jill and Michael Katz. Sarah went into cardiac arrest at a table in the Panera surrounded by her friends shortly after drinking …

by Jillian Pikora

10/23/2023

Obituaries

Man ID'd After Deadly Crash Into UPS Semi, Utility Pole In South Central PA A 24-year-old man has been identified as the driver who died at Gettysburg Hospital following a serious crash on Thursday, authorities announced over the weekend. Michael Peterson Jr., originally of Hanover, most recently of Gettysburg, died from multiple blunt force trauma following a two-vehicle crash on Thursday, according to the Adam's County coroner's officer. The deadly crash happened along Route 116/Hanover Road in Mount Pleasant Township around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, the Pennsylvania State Police explained. Peterson Jr. had "failed to stop at a stop sign" and his white 20…

by Jillian Pikora

10/23/2023

Schools

Central PA School Bus Involved In Crash, Police Say A Monday morning crash involving a school bus left students needing EMS evaluations, according to a police release. The North Middleton Township police were called to the motor vehicle crash involving a school bus around 7:35 a.m. on Oct. 23, as detailed in a release by the department. Officers at the scene found that the school bus was heading to the Carlisle School District with students on board when it was rear-ended. The bus had been heading south on Spring Road when it stopped before making a right turn onto Fry Loop Avenue — that's when it was rear-ended "by a white…

by Jillian Pikora

10/23/2023

Police & Fire

DNA On Tie-Dye Towel Links PA Man To Assault Of Family Member, Police Say A 38-year-old man has been charged after a towel linked him to months of sexual assaults with a young family member, police announced on Monday, Oct. 23. Around 11:40 a.m. on May 21, 2023, a girl under the age of 16 and her mom reached out to the Lower Allen Township Police Department to inform them "that a family member, John Heinrich George II, had been sexually assaulting her for the last two months," as stated in the release. The incidents happened in Camp Hill beginning on March 2, 2023, according to court documents. During the girl's meeting with the police she "rev…

by Jillian Pikora

10/23/2023

Police & Fire

Dog Shot Dead Inside Lancaster County Home, Police Say A Lancaster County man "shot and killed his dog inside his residence," on Thursday, police announced on Oct 23. Mark Teague, 63, of Denver, shot the dog after an unknown "incident" at his home in the first block of Main Street in Denver at approximately 3:15 a.m. on Oct. 19, according to the release by East Cocalico police. Officers arrived at his home following the shooting, after receiving reports of "shots fired," as stated in the release. They found Teague and the dead dog, according to the release. He was arrested on charges of felony cruelty to animals causing serious bo…

by Jillian Pikora

10/23/2023

Police & Fire

15-Year-Old PA Girl Assaulted, Filmed After 'Pattern Of Grooming Behavior' By Neighbor, DA Says A 39-year-old man has been convicted on several charges for raping a 15-year-old girl on multiple occasions and filming it, authorities announced on Friday. William Bradford Ross of Newville was 30 years old when he began to pursue his neighbor's 15-year-old daughter in 2015. **WARNING THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ARE DISTURBING** During the two-day trial, "testimony revealed that Ross had moved into the Shippensburg area" after getting close with the neighbors, he "demonstrated a pattern of grooming behaviors, which culminated in him subjecting the 15-year-old child to frequent oral, anal, and v…

by Jillian Pikora

10/21/2023

Police & Fire

Drunk Teen Assaults Officers In York, Police Say A York City 18-year-old was arrested on felony charges after he drunkenly assaulted officers, police announced on Friday, Oct. 20. Alex R. Kennedy had purchased alcohol which he apparently drank until he was drunk, before police officers arrived to investigate. The York City police found the teen in the 1300 block of West College Avenue in York on Oct. 12. While attempting to arrest him for charges related to his drinking state, he assaulted multiple officers. He was taken into custody and charged with five felony counts of aggravated assault - attempts to cause or…

by Jillian Pikora

10/20/2023

Police & Fire

1 Dies Following 3 Separate Cars Slamming Into Utility Poles In South Central PA Over 15 Hours One person has died after three separate incidents of passenger vehicles slamming into utility poles along highways in South Central Pennsylvania within 15 hours. The person who died passed at Gettysburg Hospital following the first crash into a utility pole along Route 116/Hanover Road in Mount Pleasant Township around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, the Pennsylvania State Police explained. The driver "failed to stop at a stop sign" and their white 2010 Chevrolet Malibu collided with a semi-truck and spun around, while the trailer slammed into the utility pole, state police exp…

by Jillian Pikora

10/20/2023

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