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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

Son Dies In Crash While DUI Dad On Cocaine, THC Had BAC Nearly 3x Legal Limit: LanCo. DA A central Pennsylvania father has been arrested on DUI homicide charges nearly two months after killing his son in a crash, authorities announced on Feb. 1, 2023. Larry K. Rapp, 63, of the 200 block of E. Front Streetman, has been identified as the driver of a white Ford Bronco that struck a tree— without swerving or braking on Prospect Road, in West Hempfield Township on Saturday, Dec. 3 around 1 a.m., authorities say. The police arrived at 1:17 a.m. and found the Bronco with "heavy front-end damage and Rapp extricated from the driver’s seat and being treated by EMS. Officers located a p…

by Jillian Pikora

02/01/2023

News

Quarryville Woman's Life Threatened By Convicted Felon Turned Burglar, Police Say A former convict kicked in the door of a Quarryville home, then assaulted and threatened the life of a woman before fleeing on Jan. 30, 2023, area police explained in a release on Feb. 1. Dakota Ray Eldridge, 27, broke into the home in the 100 block of Groffdale Drive shortly before 11:52 p.m. when police say they arrived on the scene. The officers had been called to "a report of a Burglary, in-progress," the police state in the release. Upon arrival, they found "Eldridge physically assaulted and threatened the life of the female victim inside (of the home)" the police de…

by Jillian Pikora

02/01/2023

News

Repeatedly Raped 12-Year-Old Chambersburg Girl Called Florida Social Worker For Help: Police A 12-year-old girl in Chambersburg was raped multiple times starting around her birthday, according to Court Documents obtained by Daily Voice. Delke Eustache, 18, of Chambersburg was arrested in connection with the rapes on January 27, 2023 around 10 a.m., according to a release by the Chambersburg police department. The case first brought to the department's attention when a social worker in Flordia reached out after receiving call from the viticm, the police detail in the affidavit of probable cause. Eustache "used her for sex" at least three times, only stopping "when he peed whi…

by Jillian Pikora

02/01/2023

News

York Man Threatens Police, Shoots Woman In Trailer Park Fight Over PC: Authorities A man has been arrested on attempted homicide charges after shooting at a woman during a fight over a computer on Feb. 1, 2023, authorities say. David Charles Serio, 59, of Thomasville shot at a woman fleeing in her car to a nearby business following the fight at Chesapeake Estates in Jackson Township around 4:20 a.m., Northern York County Regional police explained in a release later that day. Officers called to investigate found that the woman was shot in her hand and shoulder. The victim told police that she and Serio "were involved in a verbal argument about the ma…

by Jillian Pikora

02/01/2023

Schools

Threat Closes Schools In Biglerville, District Officials Say A threat led to the sudden closure of two schools in Bigglerville, according to district officials. The Upper Adams School District received a threat in the morning on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. "Out of an abundance of caution, the school district will be dismissing school early today to maintain student safety. Biglerville High School & Upper Adams Middle School will be dismissing students at 11:00 a.m. Upper Adams Intermediate School will be dismissing at 12:00 p.m. from the Zion Church in Arendtsville and Biglerville Elementary School students will be dismissing at 12:00 p.m.…

by Jillian Pikora

02/01/2023

News

Speeding Man High On THC Kills Lititz Woman In Crash, Police Say A 29-year-old man was high on THC with drug paraphernalia in his car when he went 25 miles per hour above the speed limit striking another vehicle— seriously injuring the driver and killing her passenger, authorities announced on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. The high driver, William R. Vaughan-Geib, of South Oakmont Street Lancaster, was transported by ambulance to a local hospital with injuries following the deadly crash in the 2100 block of New Holland Pike in East Lampeter Township on Dec. 29, 2022 at 12:40 p.m., according to area police. Police arrived at the scene to find f…

by Jillian Pikora

02/01/2023

News

SnapChat Connects 'Papa Doug' To Sexual Assaults At EMS Station, PA State Police Say A former president of an emergency medical services ambulance company in Cumberland County has been suspended after an old clock and a SnapChat conversation connected him to the sexual assault of a teenager at the station, court documents obtained by Daily Voice detail. The 2019 Pennsylvania State Fireman's Association EMS Leadership Award recipient, 53-year-old Douglas Allen Shields of Mount Holly Springs has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, according to court records and the Yellow Breeches EMS, Inc.'s Facebook page. Shields "has been suspended indefinitely from…

by Jillian Pikora

02/01/2023

Obituaries

PA Native Tyler Updegraff, 27, Dies Skiing In Colorado Pennsylvania native Tyler James Updegraff died in a skiing accident Thursday, Jan. 26 in Colorado, authorities said. He was 27 years old. The former Cumberland Valley football star was working with student-athletes when he died from injuries suffered as a "single skier verses snow accident" on the first jump feature at Little Makuna Park in the Snowmass ski area," Pitkin County Deputy Coroner Kevin Hadfield said. The official cause of death is pending medical review but the manner has been ruled accidental according to the county coroner's office's release. This investigation by the office…

by Jillian Pikora

02/01/2023

Schools

Car Plows Into Red Lion High School: Police A silver Honda plowed into a brick wall and into a classroom at Red Lion High School on Tuesday, January 31, authorities say. Emergency crews were classed to the scene at 9:22 p.m., according to York County Emergency Management. The crash was causing “substantial damage” and fire and school officials were still assessing the crash late Tuesday evening, the York County Regional police stated in a release within an hour of the incident. No details about the driver of the Honda were made available Tuesday night.

by Jillian Pikora

01/31/2023

News

Convicted Pipe Bomb Builder, Meth Chef Pulls Knives On PA Police During Chase, Authorities Say A man who spent five years behind bars for building pipe bombs and cooking methamphetamine in his apartment is on the run after pulling knives on Pennsylvania state police during a chase, authorities say. State police are warning residents of Huntingdon County and surrounding areas to use “extreme caution” if they come across 40-year-old Jedediah Rawlings, of Alexandria, according to a release on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Rawlings was pulled over by Pennsylvania state police in a traffic stop when they attempted to serve a warrant for his arrest on 2nd Street in Huntingdon on…

by Jillian Pikora

01/31/2023

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