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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.

Jillian Pikora's Contributions

Obituaries

Award-Winning Ephrata Nurse Dies, Husband Seriously Hurt In ATV Crash: Authorities An award-winning labor and delivery nurse from Ephrata has died and her husband remains in the hospital following an all-terrain vehicle crash in Tell Township, on Saturday, March 11, 2023, Pennsylvania State Police said in a release the following day. The passenger, and decorated local nurse, 34-year-old Amanda L. Hoffert, was pronounced dead at the scene of the ATV crash at Black Hollow Road just south of Village Hill Road at 6:25 p.m., state police explained in the release. Her 36-year-old husband, Bret Hoffert, had been driving the 2013 Honda Rancher north when he left the roadway fo…

by Jillian Pikora

03/13/2023

News

Daughter Stabs Sleeping Dad With Kitchen Knife At Shippensburg Motel, PSP Says A 21-year-old woman stabbed her father multiple times with a kitchen knife while staying at a Shippensburg motel on Thursday, March 9, 2023, Pennsylvania State Police stated in a release on Saturday, March 11, and in court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Monday, March 13. Natalee Linn Clark, 21, stabbed her sleeping father at Theo's Motel on Walnut Bottom Road at 1:53 p.m. according to the police release. She hid the large kitchen knife under her bedding and waited for him to fall asleep before stabbing her 53-year-old father as he lay in the bed next to her's, the police …

by Jillian Pikora

03/13/2023

News

Child Abuser Gets Drunk With Kids Unbelted In Car, Crashing In Chambersburg: Police A convicted child abuser got drunk and hopped behind the wheel of a car— with two children not using seatbelts, boosters, or car seats in the back— then he crashed into a utility pole in Chambersburg, police announced on Saturday, March 11, 2023. Shane Arnaz Hockenberry Jr., 27, slammed his vehicle into a utility pole on the 500 block of Woodstock Road at around 5:38 p.m. on March 1, 2023, according to the police. After the investigation, it was determined that the two children were not secured in the vehicle Hockenberry was taken into custody and was soon d…

by Jillian Pikora

03/13/2023

News

14-Year-Old Steals Car With Toddler Inside, Harrisburg Police Say A Harrisburg parent went through a nightmare situation when they went to lock their front door and a 14-year-old hopped in the driver's seat of their car and speed off— with their toddler in the backseat, police say. The parent had left the toddler in their car seat with the car running when they quickly ran back to lock the door in the 2600 block of Lexington Street around 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 12, 2023, according to Harrisburg Police Department. The parent, "observed an unknown person enter into their vehicle and drive off with their child still in their vehicle," and called …

by Jillian Pikora

03/13/2023

Police & Fire

On-Duty Trooper Causes Crash Into Motel Sign In Central Pennsylvania, State Police Say A 24-year-old Pennsylvania state trooper caused a crash that injured another driver while on duty in a state police vehicle on Sunday, March 12, 2023, authorities say. While attempting to exit the M&T Bank parking lot on Walnut Bottom Road in Shippensburg, the trooper— whose name has been redacted— failed to look for on-coming traffic and slammed in the rear bumper of 48-year-old Jill S. Markel's 2016 Mazda CX3 with the PSP 2021 Ford Explorer, according to a release by his assigned Troop in Carlisle. When Markel's car was struck by the PSP's bumper/push bar, it sent her into a tai…

by Jillian Pikora

03/13/2023

Police & Fire

Six-Foot-Tall Bronze Statue Stolen From Lancaster County Antiques Mall: Police A bronze statue weight over 300 lbs has gone missing in Columbia Borough, police say. The state of a woman holding a vase was taken from an antiques mall in the 2000 block of Chestnut Street sometime between Feb. 27 and 28,2023, police say. The officers investigating say the business only notified them of the theft on March 6, at 12:15 p.m., according to a release on Friday, March 10. The statue is valued at $2,400, the police stated in the release. Anyone with information regarding this theft is asked to contact the Columbia Borough Police Department at 717-…

by Jillian Pikora

03/12/2023

Police & Fire

Gamer Drives High With Child In Vehicle, East Cocalico Police Say An apparent video gamer drove while on drugs with a child in his vehicle, police announced on March 2, 2023. Moises Torres, 28, of Reinholds, had a 5-year-old child in his vehicle when he was stopped for a traffic violation in the 100 block of West Swartzville Road/State Route 897 at 11 a.m. on New Years Day, according to East Cocalico Township Police. He was found to be driving without a license and later "a blood test indicated levels of THC, the main ingredient in marijuana," as stated in the release. Torres was charged with three counts of Driving Under the Influ…

by Jillian Pikora

03/11/2023

News

Convict On THC, Amphetamines Backs Car Into Customer At Pennsylvania McDonald's, Police Say A man high on THC-infused marijuana candies and amphetamines, backed into a customer leaving a center Pennsylvania McDonald's, authorities announced on March 7, 2023. Terrell Quincy Bryant, 42, of Steelton, was arrested after police arrived to reports of the "motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian," at the parking lot of Mcdonald's 901 East Main Street on Oct. 11, 2022 at 10:35 a.m., Palmyra police state in a release. He was found with Amphetamines and Marijuana/THC-infused candies, according to the release. A police investigation showed he struck the customer a…

by Jillian Pikora

03/11/2023

News

PA TikToker Who Admitted To Killing Her Wheelchair Bound Sister Learns Her Fate: DA "Incoherently tragic," events led a TikToking teen to "Michael Myer's" (as the killer put it) her sister who had Cerebral Palsy, authorities say. Over two years later, the now 16-year-old Claire Miller has learned her fate, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. The Manheim Township girl "pleaded guilty but mentally ill to a charge of third-degree murder Friday afternoon in Lancaster County Court regarding the stabbing of her sister (Helen, 19) on Feb. 22, 2021," the DA stated in the release on Friday, March 10, 2023. The stabbing happened while the girls' parents we…

by Jillian Pikora

03/10/2023

Police & Fire

Stabbing Suspect ID'd, Charged In York: Police UPDATE: Richard Moore, 45, was identified as the man pictured and arrested in connection with the stabbing on Saturday, March 11, 2023, according to York City police. ORIGINAL: A woman was stabbed in York City on Friday, March 10, 2023, police say. The 41-year-old woman was stabbed by the man pictured in the 500 block of West Market Street at approximately 1:25 p.m., police say. Her injuries are not life-threatening, according to the police. Contact the police if you know this man, have knowledge of his whereabouts or have information to share with detectives abou…

by Jillian Pikora

03/10/2023

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