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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

'Catastrophically Failed' Reactor Explodes In PA: Authorities (Photos) An explosive fire erupted at a power station in western Pennsylvania on Monday, authorities said. A reactor “catastrophically failed" at the Duquesne Lighting electrical facility on Brunot Island just after 8 p.m. on July 24, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. The reactor failure sparked "multiple explosions" leading to several fires at the facility, Assistant Pittsburgh Fire Chief Brian Kokkila said. These fires took hours to put out because crews had to ferry over to the island and due to 340,000+ volts within the station, Kokkila explained. The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, EMS, a…

by Jillian Pikora

07/25/2023

Police & Fire

Homicide Victim ID'd As Brother Of Another Homicide Victim: HBG Police A 26-year-old man has been identified after being shot in Harrisburg, police announced on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 — less than one year after his 23-year-old brother. Harrisburg Bureau of Police officers were called to the intersection of South 20th and Zarker streets around 10 p.m. on Monday, but no one was there when they arrived. They soon received a call that Richone I. Strain-Hankerson had been shot and taken to the 2400 block of Market Street, according to Lt. Kyle Gautsch. First responders from an "outside jurisdiction" were at that location but ultimately he was pronounced dead. …

by Jillian Pikora

07/25/2023

Obituaries

22-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Lancaster County Crash: Coroner A 22-year-old Lancaster man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Saturday, authorities said. The police were called to the two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Old Philadelphia Pike and Greenfield Road in East Lampeter Township at 6:03 p.m. on July 22, 2023. Cristian Cintora Murillo of West Grove died at the scene of the crash, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's office. The crash was between a pickup truck and a motorcycle, according to the coroner's office. East Lampeter Township police are investigating the cause of the crash. His sister has launched a…

by Jillian Pikora

07/24/2023

Obituaries

21-Year-Old Mom Of 4 — Including Infant, Shot Dead In Central PA A 21-year-old mom of four has died following a shooting in Central Pennsylvania. Janaya Lopez was found suffering from a gunshot wound by the intersection of South 16th and Chestnut streets in Harrisburg around 1 a.m. on Saturday, July 22, 2 2023. The Harrisburg Bureau of Police had been called to the area for the reported incident of "shots fired with a person struck," according to a release by the document. The officers found Janaya at the scene and she was soon pronounced dead, as explained in the release. “Nobody expects to bury their child, and now we are left with not only funera…

by Jillian Pikora

07/24/2023

Police & Fire

PA Toddler Wanders Streets While Mom Sleeps, Police Say A mom was warm in her bed as her 2-year-old child wandered the streets of Marietta Borough, police announced on Monday, July 24, 2023. Michelle Hunger's toddler was found in the 300 block of East Market Street around 9 a.m. on July 6, according to a release by the Susquehanna Regional Police Department. The responding officer located the tot's mom asleep in her nearby home. Hunger was arrested for endangering the welfare of a child, according to the police and court documents. She remains in the Lancaster County Prison on $100,000 in bail, court records show. Her prelim…

by Jillian Pikora

07/24/2023

Traffic

Tractor-Trailer Driver Hospitalized, I-81 Reopens After Crash In Central PA (Update) Part of Interstate 81 has reopened following a crash in Central Pennsylvania, authorities say. An empty tractor-trailer rolled down an embankment on I-81 around 10 a.m. on Monday, July 24, 2023, authorities told Daily Voice. The driver has been hospitalized according to Pennsylvania State Police. The fuel tank of the tractor-trailer ruptured in the crash, state police explained. The area that was affected is the southbound lanes between Exit 100: PA 442 - Pine Grove and Exit 90: PA 72 - Lebanon near the Dauphin and Lebanon county line, according to the Pennsylvania Depar…

by Jillian Pikora

07/24/2023

Police & Fire

PA Man On Run Again After Striking Police Car During Chase, Authorities Say A convicted drug dealer is on the run — again, authorities say. Arthur William Carter Jr. has run from police during drug, traffic, and related offenses in 2010, 2015, and 2018, court records show. On July 21, 2023, he was at it, this time he failed to stop at a stop sign and fleed "onto a dead-end roadway. Carter then made a U-turn and proceeded to crash into the marked Police vehicle and (continued) to flee," the Swatara Township police stated in a release the following Monday. The 44-year-old is wanted for felony aggravated assault, felony fleeing or attempting to elud…

by Jillian Pikora

07/24/2023

News

Amish Child Crushed To Death By Farm Wagon In PA ID'd (Update) A 5-year-old has died after being run over by a farm wagon, authorities told Daily Voice. The boy has been identified as Samuel K. Yoder, authorities confirmed to Daily Voice on Monday, July 31. He was struck and run over at a farm located in the 150 block of Fulton Britain Road in Little Britain Township, according to a Grothey. Emergency medical services were called to the scene at 10:20 a.m. on Monday, July 24, 2023, he explained. The first responders "attempted life-saving measures, but the boy ultimately succumbed to his injuries," he Grothey said. PSP Lancaster Criminal …

by Jillian Pikora

07/24/2023

Police & Fire

Husband, Wife ID'd After Murder-Suicide In Central PA: Authorities A couple has been identified following a second murder-suicide in central Pennsylvania this month. Brenda Bowersox, 55, of York, was shot and killed by her husband, Steve Bowersox, 60, of York, at their home located at 2816 Glen Hollow Drive in Springettsbury Township, York, authorities said. Springettsbury Township police were called to the home for a report of gunshots just before 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 23, 2023, the department detailed in a release. Police arrived to find Brenda with gunshot wounds to the head, neck, and upper torso at 8:56 a.m., according to a re…

by Jillian Pikora

07/24/2023

Police & Fire

PA Man Steals Cakes With His Face On Them, Police Say A Lancaster man who stole three cakes with his face printed on them is wanted by police, according to a release on Thursday, July 20, 2023. Daquai Anthony Jackson is accused of stealing the cakes from Weis Markets located at 1204 Millersville Pike on May 28, 2023. The 24-year-old had supposedly ordered the cakes online and had his face printed on them but never paid for them online prior to coming to the store to pick them up, according to the police release. "A witness confirmed that the person who ordered the cake was the same person pictured in the photos tha…

by Jillian Pikora

07/23/2023

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