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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

PA Man Tries To Kill Dad, State Police Say A 37-year-old man has been arrested for the attempted homicide of his 72-year-old father, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Timothy Kirschke of Halifax had a physical fight with his dad at Dividing Ridge Road in Jackson Township around 12:29 a.m. on Friday, April 28, 2023, PSP Lykens explained in the release. Officers were called to the home for a welfare check but ended up finding the violent dispute, so they arrested Kirschke on charges of criminal attempt- murder in the first degree, aggravated assault - attempt to cause serious bodily injuries…

by Jillian Pikora

05/03/2023

Police & Fire

Lebanon Dad Leaves Behind Young Daughter After Deadly Shooting A 33-year-old Lebanon dad was shot dead on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, police announced that afternoon. Thomas M. Vance was found with a gunshot wound in the first block of Jones Street around 8 a.m., according to Lebanon City Police. He was taken "to a Dauphin County Medical Facility where he died from his injuries," the police said. The suspect stayed on the scene and was taken into police custody without any incident. The police have released the following information about the deadly shooting: "The initial investigation suggests that the incident began as a verbal altercation and escal…

by Jillian Pikora

05/03/2023

Police & Fire

PA Parents Charged After 5-Year-Old Daughter Found: Authorities (Update) 2nd UPDATE: Wilma and Jose Alicea have been located and charged, police announced on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Additional details have not been released. UPDATE: Dream Alicea was found safe Wednesday night, police said in an updated release. Her parents, Wilma and Jose, are still at-large, and "are wanted for Felony Child Endangerment and other unrelated warrants," police stated in the update on May 3, 2023. ORIGINAL: A 5-year-old girl has been missing ever since she was rescued from a house fire, York City Police say. Dream Alicea fled the scene of the house fire in Yor…

by Jillian Pikora

05/03/2023

Police & Fire

Fugitive Nabbed In Lancaster, Police Say A convicted burglar who absconded from justice has been arrested. Taleek Azan Perez, 25, of Lancaster was arrested by the US Marshal Fugitive Task Force in the 100 block of South Third Street in Columbia Borough around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, according to the Columbia Borough of Police, who assisted the marshals. Perez was wanted on an outstanding warrant after he fled from state parole, according to the police. Back in 2017, he was arrested for a burglary "at a home in the 200 block of S. Ann St. where jewelry, clothing and a television were stolen," Lancaster Bureau of…

by Jillian Pikora

05/03/2023

Police & Fire

Road Rage: Gun Pointed At Child, Dad On I-283, PA State Police Say A man and his 11-year-old son had another driver point a gun at them in Central Pennsylvania, stated police announced in a release on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. The 48-year-old Lancaster dad told the state troopers that a white man in a 2014 burgundy Chevrolet Equinox pointed a gun at him and his son near Exit 2 along Interstate 283 in Swatara Township around 8:17 p.m. on Sunday, April 30, 2023. No shots were fired but the man with the gun has not ben located.

by Jillian Pikora

05/03/2023

Obituaries

Adams Co. Mom Dies Days After DUI Crash Into Tree A 46-year-old mom from New Oxford has died following a crash into a tree, authorities say. Summer L. (Gladfelter) Sneeringer of Straban Township was driving a 2016 Jeep while under the influence of alcohol at 65 Flickinger Road when she veered off the roadway, at 8:03 a.m. on Monday, April 24, 2023, according to Pennsylvania State Police. She then over-corrected when she steered back into her lane— going off the roadway— striking several trees, as detailed by the York County Coroner's Office. She was taken to WellSpan York Hospital for care and a blood draw, PSP said. She was released t…

by Jillian Pikora

05/02/2023

Police & Fire

EMT ID'd As Man Found Dead At Walmart In Ephrata (Exclusive) The friend who found the 33-year-old man dead at the Walmart in Ephrata on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, has come forward to share about his life in an exclusive interview with Daily Voice. Nicole Goodman found her friend Brandon Jasper Stacey unresponsive in the backseat of his beloved white Volkswagon sedan at the Ephrata Walmart located at 890 East Main Street/US 322 around 4 p.m. She called 911, reporting it as a cardiac arrest, and Ephrata Police and emergency medical services soon arrived but it was too late, so the Lancaster County Coroner was called to the scene. On May 10, the results o…

by Jillian Pikora

05/02/2023

Police & Fire

PennDOT Employee Photographed Customer Docs., State Police Say A 63-year-old Lebanon man admitted to taking pictures and personal information from customers while working at a PennDOT License Center, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Ashwin Pari was working as a greeter at the Lancaster Driver’s License Center located at 2090 East Lincoln Highway when PennDOT Risk Management Office contacted State Police on December 9, 2022. Investigators reviewed surveillance video inside the PennDOT facility and found Pari took photos with his cellphone of customer’s information on driver’s licenses, social se…

by Jillian Pikora

05/02/2023

Police & Fire

Motorcyclist Goes Airborne 3x In Deadly Crash On I-83, PA State Police A 22-year-old man has died following motorcycle crash on Interstate 83 on Monday, May 1, Pennsylvania State Police announced late that evening. Gabriel "Gabe" O. Frederick, of Lancaster, was speeding on a 2008 Kawaski ZX1400 Motorcycle just before 10 a.m. when he went off the shoulder of I-83 in Lower Paxton at the exit 51A ramp, according to the state police. His exact speed was not released but police did detail what they say happened in the crash— which started when he skid across the grass "and became airborne approximately three times before coming to an uncontrolled rest on the…

by Jillian Pikora

05/02/2023

Lifestyle

Free Ballpark Tickets Available For Harrisburg City Residents Take your family out to a ballgame, and take them out for free! The Harrisburg Senator's baseball team is offering "Anyone who lives within city lines is eligible for a complimentary ticket voucher, good for two free tickets, to be exchanged at the box office on gameday," according to the City's Director of Communications Matt Maisel. These "thousands of free tickets" are for the game against the Erie Seawolves at FNB Field starting at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, 2023. “We are so thrilled to partner with the Senators on this exciting event for our city,” said Mayor Williams…

by Jillian Pikora

05/02/2023

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