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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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Obituaries

Murder-Suicide Orphans 4 Children In PA, Family Says Parents with four children have been identified by their family following a murder-suicide on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Alesha Kirkwood Johns was shot dead by her husband Trenton Johns during a domestic dispute at a home on Elkin Road in Boggs Township between 5:51 and 6:11 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police explained in a release the following morning. Alesha was attempting to leave the home when Trenton pulled a gun from his pants and shot her from behind— then he turned the gun on himself, police said. Alesha attend Butler County Community College and Kittanning High School where …

by Jillian Pikora

04/05/2023

News

Naked Florida Man With Dead Deer In School Bus Leads PA Police On Chase The day before Tony Jay Saunders Jr. turned 25, he led Pennsylvania state police on a chase, crashed a BMW, killed a deer, stole a school bus— putting the deer inside to "use as fertilizer"— led police on a chase, fled from the school bus— stripped naked— led police on a foot chase, was arrested and admitted to it all with a smile on his face, according to a police release. Saunders of Port Saint Lucie, Florida has no known current address in Pennsylvania, yet when he was arrested he told the police that he had taken the bus after crashing the the BMW, apparently into the deer, in the e…

by Jillian Pikora

04/05/2023

Lifestyle

$100K Winning Powerball Lottery Ticket Sold In Central Pennsylvania Are you a winner? Someone in Central Pennsylvania just won $100,000 (before taxes) playing a Powerball ticket with Power Play, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission. The winning ticket sold at the Money Saver Discount, 36 South Main Street., Chambersburg, which will receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The winning ticket matched all four of the five balls drawn with the numbers 16-30-31-54-68,, and the red Powerball 1 and the Power Play 2 in the drawing on Monday, March 27, 2023. Without the $1 Power Play option, the ticket would only have been worth $5…

by Jillian Pikora

04/04/2023

Police & Fire

Power Knocked Out When Driver Crashes Into Utility Pole In Lititz: Police (Photos) Power should be restored by 5:30 p.m. after a SUV plowed into a utility pole in Lititz on April 4, 2023. The Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department responded to a call of a vehicle accident with injuries in the 400 bock of Owl Hill Road Tuesday afternoon. The driver left the road way for an unknown reason and struck a PPL power pole. The driver was hurt, but the extent of their injuries is unknown. PPL is in the area making repairs. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

by Jillian Pikora

04/04/2023

News

Teen Plows Into Oncoming Traffic Injuring Two Drivers, Upper Allen Twp. Police Say A juvenile plowed through a red light into oncoming traffic, causing a two-vehicle crash that left both drivers with injuries, Upper Allen Township police say. The unnamed teen driver of a gray Honda Civic was heading south on South Market Street when they did not notice a red light on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. That's when they drove into oncoming traffic, hitting a black Chevrolet Avalanche traveling west on West Lisburn Road. The Avalanche was "driving through a steady green light," the police stated in the release. "The collision caused severe damage to both vehicles and injur…

by Jillian Pikora

04/04/2023

News

Heroin Ring Leader Held Woman Hostage Before Stand-Off Threatening PSP: Affidavit A convicted heroin dealer who has a pending federal case— held a woman over night and beat her, and after she escaped a multi-hour standoff took place, Pennsylvania State Police in Chambersburg explained in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Rashawn Nathaniel Spriggs, a.k.a. “Shizz”, a 35, of Hershey, was convicted for selling over 1,000 grams of heroin as the leader of drug ring operating out of Chambersburg in 2016. He ended up serving five years in prison, federal court records show. On April 1, 2023 he stormed into a woman's home in the 500 block of Park Circle West an…

by Jillian Pikora

04/04/2023

News

Dad's Throat Slit By Son Who Burned Down Grandma's House, PA State Police Say A man convicted on charges filed in connection to burning his grandmother's house down is facing troubles with the law again, this time after slitting his father's throat with a kitchen knife, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Christopher Thomas Rhone, 43, took a kitchen knife to his 69-year-old dad's throat while he was asleep on the couch in the home they share in the 6500 block of Mountain Drive at 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, April 2, Pennsylvania State Police detailed in the affidavit. The police arrived to find the dad holding a towel to his throat, w…

by Jillian Pikora

04/04/2023

Obituaries

Roller Derby Star Killed In UTV Crash In PA: State Police A 38-year-old roller derby star died in a utility task vehicle rollover crash in Leidy Township, on April 1, 2023 Pennsylvania State Police announced the following day. Rachel S. Gaddis— known by her derby name Blackout Betty or just Betty by her friends— of Spring Mills was ejected from the 2023 Yamaha Wolverine RMAX2 1000 on Stewart Hill Road just south of Old Township road around 4 a.m. on Saturday, according to PSP. Preston C. Gaddis, also 38 of Spring Mills was driving the UTV south with Betty "straddling the center console" and Samuel G. Hoy III, 42, of Mill Hall in the passenger seat…

by Jillian Pikora

04/03/2023

News

NJ Tesla Driver Airlifted After Slamming Into AT&T Cell Tower In PA: State Police A 46-year-old New Jersey man driving a Tesla was airlifted to York Hospital after crashing into an AT&T cellular tower along Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania, according to State Police in Newville. Ashish Sonawane, of Livingston, was heading east through Blue Mountain Tunnel in Lurgan Township when he left his lane for an unknown reason while exiting the tunnel at 9:39 p.m. on Friday, March 31, 2023, as detailed in the release. He "struck a portable traffic trailer on the right shoulder" then rolled into the AT&T tower where his 2018 Y3 Tesla came to a stop, the police explained.…

by Jillian Pikora

04/03/2023

News

Church Security Guard Brings Loaded Gun To PA Airport: TSA A Mechanicsburg church security guard was stopped with a loaded gun at an airport security checkpoint on Friday, March 31, 2023, according to the TSA the following Monday. An unnamed Mechanicsburg man "told officials that he carries the gun with him when he goes to church because he serves on the church security detail and forgot that he had it with him when he headed to the airport for his flight," as stated in the release. The 9mm gun was loaded with 10 bullets, as detailed int he release. The gun was found by officers at the x-ray machine. The X-ray unit alerted the TSA offic…

by Jillian Pikora

04/03/2023

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