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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

Teen Makes Most Wanted List In West Manchester Twp.: Police An 18-year-old accused of burglary has made the West Manchester Township's Most Wanted list as of Monday, May 15, 2023. Angel Jomar Rivera of the 1200 block of North George Street, York, is wanted on multiple charges, including four felonies for burglary, criminal conspiracy to commit burglary, theft by unlawful taking, and criminal conspiracy to commit theft by Unlawful taking, Township police explained in the release. The charges result from a police investigation into a burglary in the 1900 block of Niagara Lane on April 12, 2023. Anyone with information on Rivera's wh…

by Jillian Pikora

05/15/2023

Police & Fire

Homeowner Shoots Burglar In Central PA, Police Say A burglar was shot by the owner of the home they were breaking into on Sunday, May 14, 2023, police announced the following morning. The New Cumberland Borough of Police Department was called to the burglary in the 300 block of Second Street at 8:14 p.m. When officers arrived, they learned that the homeowner shot the suspect and they fled the scene. The officers located the suspect around 16th Street and Bridge Street and had them transported to an area hospital. "The investigation is ongoing however this does not appear to be a random situation," the police stated in the relea…

by Jillian Pikora

05/15/2023

Police & Fire

3 Firefighters Suffer Heat Exhaustion At Shippensburg Fire: Authorities Three firefighters suffered heat exhaustion while battling a blaze at a storage unit in Southampton Township, authorities say. The fire broke out at South Mountain Storage located at 767 Walnut Bottom Road in Shippensburg around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, 2023, according to emergency dispatchers. Multiple companies worked to knock down the blaze until 3 p.m., according to fire officials. The estimated cost of the damage is $200,000, but the cause of the fire remains under investigation, authorities say. All three firefighters have been released.

by Jillian Pikora

05/15/2023

Police & Fire

NY Man Causes Back-To-Back Hit-Runs In PA, Police Say A 21-year-old New York man caused two hit-and-runs in Pennsylvania, police announced on May 10, 2023. Franknness A. Martinez Tavarez of Corona first crashed into a vehicle in the 400 block of Long Lane in Pequea Township around 11 a.m. on May 9— causing injuries, according to area police. While at the scene, the police find another vehicle had been side-swiped, and that driver was unharmed, the police explained. The officer found a head-on collision just 1000 feet down the same road. In that crash, a 60-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman both from York were hurt. Final…

by Jillian Pikora

05/14/2023

Police & Fire

Wife ID'd After Hunting Club Dismemberment In GA, Husband Arrested In PA Mindi Mebane Kassotis has been identified months after she was found dismembered at a hunting club in Georgia, and her husband has been arrested in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Friday, May 12, 2023. The 40-year-old was found strewn across three miles of the hunting club grounds in Liberty and Mcintosh Counties on December 2, 2022, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation explained in the release. The following day the investigation into her identity began and on Jan. 5, 2023, the GBI announced that forensic analysis determined that her body had been placed in the field sinc…

by Jillian Pikora

05/13/2023

News

PA Hunter Who Shot Neighbor In Head Instead Of Deer Learns His Fate A 40-year-old Pennsylvania hunter will be spending a short time in jail after he accidentally shot his neighbor on his own lawn instead of the deer he was targeting, after being sentenced by President Judge Jonathan D. Grine on Friday, May 12, 2023. Michael A. Lloyd of Boalsburg was found tending to his neighbor when State College Police arrived at the scene of the shooting on Lenape Lane in College Township on Dec. 4, 2021, as Daily Voice previously reported. Lloyd had fired two shots from a .45mm semiautomatic pistol at a "deer" on a hill across the road or about 10 to 15 yards up the bo…

by Jillian Pikora

05/12/2023

Traffic

Fire Truck, Street Sweeper Collide In Central PA, Police Say A street sweeper and a fire truck collided in Central Pennsylvania on Friday, May 12, 2023. The crash happened in the 1700 block of Highland Street at 9:50 a.m., according to police The crash involved a Swatara Township Fire-Rescue fire truck and a Swatara Township street sweeper, the police explained. "There were no injuries resulting from this accident," police said. The accident is being investigated by the township police.

by Jillian Pikora

05/12/2023

Obituaries

'Respectful' PA Teen Shot In Chest After Grandma's Funeral, Family Says A 16-year-old boy was gunned down the same day as his maternal grandmother's funeral, according to his family. Dominic Sanner of Homestead, West Mifflin Township was shot in the chest while standing between two homes in the 100 block of East 17th Street at 11:27 p.m. on Friday, May 5, 2023, Allegheny County police explained in a release the following afternoon. First responders came but he died from his injuries at the scene, the police said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner later confirmed his identity. The county police are investigating this as a homicide. Anyone with informat…

by Jillian Pikora

05/12/2023

Traffic

Holy Guacamole! I-81 Avocado Spill Leaves Tractor-Trailer Dangling: PennDOT A truck carrying avocados has spilled on Interstate 81, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials. The tractor-trailer, "failed to make a curve" from the I-81 North ramp to US 22 around 8 a.m. on Friday, May 12, 2023, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler explained. The trailer split open– along with hundreds of avocados, as they rolled, smooshed, and splattered onto the highway below. The trailer was also dangling off the ramp but crews have been working to put it back on the roadway, which also caused the trailer to rupture open even further– spilling …

by Jillian Pikora

05/12/2023

Schools

'Flying Ants' Close Central PA HS A bizarre and buggy lunch has led school officials to let students buzz off early. Lower Dauphin High School in Hummelstown with be dismissed early after "flying ants" apparently swarmed the school's cafeteria, according to a Facebook post by school officials around 8:30 a.m. on Friday, May 12, 2023. The post reads in part: "ALERT - Lower Dauphin High School will DISMISS today at 10:30 am on Friday, May 12, due to flying ants in the high school cafeteria which will prevent us from having lunch." All other schools will remain in session and be dismissed at regular times.

by Jillian Pikora

05/12/2023

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