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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

Baltimore Man Found Shot To Death On PA Highway: PSP A 54-year-old Baltimore man has been identified after he was found shot to death along US 222 on April 23, 2023, in Lancaster County. Miguel Vazquez-Ruiz's death was ruled a homicide by the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. His body was found on U.S. 222 South, in Brecknock Township Lancaster County on Sunday near the Berks County line at mile marker 48.6, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Investigators are looking for dash cam video or any witnesses who observed suspicious activity in the area, between the hours of 4:00 am and 7:00 am. PSP is also requesting that any b…

by Jillian Pikora

04/28/2023

Lifestyle

$530K Lottery Won By Pennsylvania Player A winning lottery ticket for Match 6 Lotto drawing on Thursday, April 27, 2023, sold in Dauphin County according to lottery officials. The ticket matched all six balls: 5-7-19-24-30-39, to win $530,000, less applicable withholding. It sold at Turkey Hill, 240 Hershey Road, Hummelstown, which will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Earlier this week another PA player won $6.6 million with a Match 6 Lotto ticket; you can read all about it here. Thousands of other PA Lottery Mega Millions tickets won prizes of various amounts in the drawing. Players find…

by Jillian Pikora

04/28/2023

Police & Fire

PA Mom Caught Prostituting To Undercover State Trooper At Hair Salon: Affidavit A Craiglist advertisement and a sudden uptick in male salon customers led Pennsylvania State Police to run a sting operation at a hair salon in Burgettstown on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Mom of two, 51-year-old Amy Zlobin's inmate details were being shared by "Johns" on an adult chatroom over 24 times on the website ECCIE.net— along with sexual services that she would offer and the phone number of her salon where she allegedly was selling men those services, state police vice squad troopers investigating the case detailed in the affida…

by Jillian Pikora

04/27/2023

Police & Fire

Community Rallies For Family Of Woman Drowned In The Susquehanna River A Central Pennsylvania community is rallying for the family of a 69-year-old woman who went missing on Sunday, April 23, and was found drowned in the Susquehanna River on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Barbara Whitsel of Washington Boro's car was found in the local park along the 2000 block of River Road on Tuesday around 2:30 p.m., according to Manor Township police. Around 4 p.m., a Lancaster County Coroner was sent a coroner to the scene, according to emergency dispatch. The Blue Rock fire commissioner, who led the search for Whitsel, said she was found dead in the Susquehanna River in t…

by Jillian Pikora

04/27/2023

Obituaries

Mom Dies Following Head-On Crash Into Tractor-Trailer In Central PA A 28-year-old mom has died following a crash in Chambersburg on Thursday, April 20, 2023, authorities said. Brenna Rachelle Denison, originally of Huntingdon and most recently of Chambersburg, was driving a 2013 Buick Verano north in the 1600 block of Letterkenny Road in Hamilton Township when she crossed the double-yellow line into oncoming traffic and collided with a 2016 Peterbilt tractor-trailer driven by 75-year-old Ronald E. Shew, according to a release by the Pennsylvania State Police the following day. Shew was not injured but Denison was taken to Chambersburg Hospital, where she …

by Jillian Pikora

04/27/2023

Police & Fire

20-Year-Old Homicide Suspect Turns Himself In To York Police A 20-year-old man who was wanted as the primary suspect in a homicide in York, has turned himself in, authorities announced on Friday, May 5, 2023. Olajuwon Brabham, was shot in the 400 block of Salem Avenue in York City and police arrived to find him at 10:22 p.m. on Sunday, April 23, 2023, according to an earlier release by the city police department. Kamron Luis Michael Dowsey was identified as the shooter who killed Brabham, was wanted on a warrant for Criminal Homicide, City Police said in an updated release. Dowsey turned himself in with his attorney present at the YCPD h…

by Jillian Pikora

04/27/2023

Obituaries

'Violent Murder' Turned Car Fire Leaves PA Man Dead In VA: Authorities A "violently murdered" York City 20-year-old man was pulled from a car fire in Virginia on Tuesday, April 18, and now he and his alleged killer have been identified, authorities announced in multiple releases on Tuesday, April 25. Ethan Bert was identified by Bedford County Commonwealth’s Attorney Wes Nance a week after his remains were pulled from the burning vehicle found on Sandy Level Road, near the intersection with Goodview Road by the Bedford County Fire and Rescue at 12:45 a.m., as told to Daily Voice and reported by WDBJ. The suspect, 29-year-old Joseph Richard Walker, of Roanoke…

by Jillian Pikora

04/26/2023

Lifestyle

$6.6 Million Lottery Won By Pennsylvania Player A winning lottery ticket for Match 6 Lotto drawing on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, sold in Lancaster County according to lottery officials. The ticket matched all six balls: 1-4-9-23-30-39, to win $6.6 million, less applicable withholding. It sold at the Sunco/Rushi Petroleum LLC, 2270 New Holland Pike, which will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. More than 129,600 other PA Lottery Mega Millions tickets won prizes of various amounts in the drawing. Players find out if they've won any prizes by scanning the tickets at a Lottery retailer or with the ticket check…

by Jillian Pikora

04/26/2023

Lifestyle

Full List Of Free Summer Movies In Harrisburg Revealed Free Movie Friday Nights are coming back to the Reservoir Park Bandshell in June and we got the whole list of family-friendly films the city will be showing. This free event— which includes refreshments— will be every Friday night, beginning June 30 starting around sunset and ending around 8 p.m. Families are encouraged to carpool and arrive early to ensure parking, "as the new Chutes and Ladders Playground is expected to attract more traffic than normal," The City of Harrisburg's Communications Director Matt Maisel said. Families can bring their own lawn chairs …

by Jillian Pikora

04/26/2023

Police & Fire

Missing Woman Drowned In The Susquehanna River: Authorities A 69-year-old who went missing on Sunday, April 23, and was found dead in the Susquehanna River, is now known to have drowned, authorities announced on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Barbara Whitsel of Washington Boro's car was found in the local park along the 2000 block of River Road on Tuesday around 2:30 p.m., according to Manor Township police. Around 4 p.m. at the Lancaster County Coroner's Office sent a coroner to the scene, according to emergency dispatch. The Blue Rock fire commissioner, who led the search for Whitsel, said she was found dead in the Susquehanna River …

by Jillian Pikora

04/25/2023

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