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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

Slain PA Police Officer Sean Sluganski's Funeral Details Released As Community Raises $160K+ A community has rallied, raising over $168,000 in less than 48 hours to cover the funeral cost and support the family of the slain McKeesport police officer Sean Leonard "Slug" Sluganski. The 32-year-old patrolman was shot along with his partner Chuck Thomas by 31-year-old Jonathan Jemia Morris who was having a mental health crisis, as Daily Voice previously reported. The pair were airlifted to UPMC McKeesport. Thomas was shot in the face but was sent to recover at home following emergency surgery on Monday. Sluganski died at the hospital. He had worked for McKeesport police for two yea…

by Jillian Pikora

02/09/2023

News

Explosive Discovery: Civil War Shell Found Unexploded In Gettysburg An unexploded artillery shell was found at Gettysburg National Military Park on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, according to park officials. The Civil War-era shell was found in the Little Round Top rehabilitation project area, according to an announcement by the park. "We are following National Park Service protocols when unexploded ordnance is found. The 55th Ordnance Disposal Company EOD (explosive ordinance disposal) team from Fort Belvoir VA will remove the shell," park officials said in a statement. "The area has been cleared and adjacent roads have been temporarily closed to all visitors. …

by Jillian Pikora

02/08/2023

Police & Fire

Sex Offender At-Large In Lancaster County A reward is being offered after a known sex offender failed to register with the police. A tier three sexual offender, 28-year-old Francisco Morales-Pagan is wanted by Pennsylvania state police for violating Megan's Law. The Lancaster city resident is last known to have lived at 831 Saint Joseph Street. He is described as having brown hair and eyes, being approximately 5'6" tall, weighing 175 lbs., and has the following tattoos, scars, or markings as of Dec. 2020: Scar - wrist, left - inside of his wrist. Tattoo - arm, left (non-specific) -the letter "y" on inside the bicep.…

by Jillian Pikora

02/08/2023

News

Fleeing Man 'Seriously Injures' Police At Lower Paxton Burger King: Authorities A police officer has been seriously injured following a foot pursuit at a Burger King in Lower Paxton Township. Police in Susquehanna Township later arrested 30-year-old Korie Lamont Thomas following a standoff where he "barricaded himself in his residence armed with a knife," authorities state in a release issued on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. Thomas-Atkins was wanted on a bench warrant when he was first spotted at the Union Deposite Road restaurant. When the officer attempted to arrest him, he fled and the foot pursuit began on Feb. 4, according to the release. During this c…

by Jillian Pikora

02/08/2023

Police & Fire

Telsa Isolated After Multiple Electric Vehicles Catch Fire In Lancaster (Video; Photos) Multiple electric vehicles on a car carrier caught fire in Lancaster County on Monday, Feb. 6, authorities say. The car was full of seven cars when a Tesla and a Chevy Volt caught fire on Route 222 north. "Three other vehicles were removed and transported along with the severely burnt trailer," according to Wayne's Towing and Recovery. Just before 7pm this evening, LCWC dispatched Manheim Township Fire Rescue and West Earl Fire to Route 222 north near... Posted by Spadaccia Photography on Monday, February 6, 2023 The road never shut down and the scene cleared in under two hours, but …

by Jillian Pikora

02/07/2023

News

Cake Pan Stuck On PA Toddler Required Rescue By Firefighters Firefighters in central Pennsylvania had to rescue a 2-year-old who got her head stuck in a cake pan on Monday, Feb. 6, authorities say. Erin Meixel's daughter Quinnley apparently pulled the center off the tube pan and stuck her head inside to wear it like a cape or a shawl while she was playing, but pretty quickly released she was stuck and help was called around 12:30 p.m., according to the authorities. Members of the Junction Fire Company in Lewistown responded and used tin snips to cut the pan in two spots and free her. Quinnley was unharmed and was stuck for less than…

by Jillian Pikora

02/07/2023

Police & Fire

Man Arrested After Cat Found Shot In Neck In Millersburg, State Police Say (Update) A man has been arrested in connection with a feral cat who was shot in the neck in central Pennsylvania, authorities say in an updated release on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The cat was found shot outside of 544 State State in Millersburg on Jan. 28 around 12:17 p.m., according to an earlier release by Pennsylvania state police the following Monday. Alex Martin Yates, 31, of Elizabethville, is now believed to have shot the animal "with a .177 caliber air rifle multiple times with the intent to harm the animal," according to the updated release. Originally Troopers called …

by Jillian Pikora

02/07/2023

Police & Fire

MedVac, Hazmat Called To Multi-Vehicle Crash On RT 322 (Photos) A multiple-vehicle crash has shuttered part of Route 322 in both directions in South Annville Township, authorities say. The closure is between Louser Road and Meadow Lane, according to PennDOT. The crash happened shortly after 11 a.m. but the area remained closed off as of 3 p.m. Hazmat was called to the scene around 11:15, according to Lebanon County Emergency Management. 2/7/23. At 11:06 Station 2, Rescue, Deputy and Fire Police were dispatched to an accident with entrapment. Deputy 2 made... Posted by Campbelltown Volunteer Fire Company on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Crews arrive…

by Jillian Pikora

02/07/2023

Obituaries

Head-On Collision Kills Mercersburg Solider, Chambersburg Man, State Police Say A head-on collision has killed two people and sent another to an area hospital, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Richard E. Cowan, 69, of Chambersburg, drove his 2015 Ford Transit over the center turning lane in the 8100 block of US 30/Lincoln Way slamming head-on into a 2019 Hyundai Accent, driven Maura J. Boyce, 42, of Mercersburg, just east of Campbell’s Run Road, St. Thomas Township on Monday, Feb. 6, around 2 p.m., police detailed in the release. Cowan and Boyce died at the scene and Cowan's passenger, Mark E. Schwartz, 63, of Williamsport, MD, w…

by Jillian Pikora

02/07/2023

News

5 Jehovah's Witnesses Sexually Abused Child Family Members, PA AG Says Five additional members of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pennsylvania are now facing multiple charges after allegedly sexually abusing children, Pennsylvania’s Acting Attorney General Michelle Henry announced at a press conference on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. All of the men, between the ages of 42-74, abused family members between the ages of 5 and 15, the AG says. The defendants are being prosecuted by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General for the following offenses: Marc Brown, 65, of Allegheny County, is alleged to have sexually abused two young sisters who were between the …

by Jillian Pikora

02/07/2023

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