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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

Lifestyle

Three PA Restaurants Make Yelp's Top 100 For 2023 The 10th annual Yelp’s Top 100 US Restaurants list has been released and three delicious Pennsylvania eateries had made the cut. Whatever the latest cravings, you can bet our hungry community has discovered the best places to eat them—then reviewed their experiences for the rest of us. The top Pennsylvania restaurant placing just outside the top 10 is Chellas Arepa Kitchen, in Lancaster, at 11. "This roadside trailer is like a portal to South America, thanks in large part to its delicious take on Venezuelan arepa sandwiches," according to Yelp. Your friends and family will always…

by Jillian Pikora

01/31/2023

News

Girl Missing Over 25 Days Thought To Be In Harrisburg Found Safe, Police Say A girl who was missing for over 25 days and was thought to be in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has been found safe, authorities say. On Monday, Jan, 30.West Shore Regional Police announced that they were attempting to locate Alayjah Sha'dae Cicile Williams, who "ran away from home on January 6, 2023." Where she was last seen, her age, and her physical description were not released. WSRPD updated the statement the following afternoon saying she had been located safely but no additional information was provided.

by Jillian Pikora

01/31/2023

Police & Fire

York 'Isaac Newton' Who Shot Mom, Paralyzed Son Nabbed In CT: US Marshals A gunman who sent a mother and her adult son to the hospital in York City, Pennsylvania has been captured in Connecticut, authorities say. Isaac Newton Ramos-Perez, 44, was found in his "makeshift apartment" around 32-25 Meadow Street in Hartford by the Connecticut U.S. Marshal Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Hartford police department on Friday, Jan. 27. The arrest stems from charges filed against Ramos-Perez after he shot a 44-year-old woman and her 24-year-old son in a house on the 400 block of West Philadelphia Street, York City on Thursday, Dec. 22 around 8 p.m…

by Mac Bullock & Jillian Pikora

01/30/2023

News

Ex-Wendy's Employee Pulls Gun On Former Co-Workers In Mt. Joy, Police Say A former Wendy's employee experiencing homelessness got into a fight with his former co-workers and pulled a gun, authorities say. Julian Knight, 20, was arrested on Monday, Jan. 30, according to Northwest Regional police. On Sunday, Knight had gone to the restaurant where he used to work located at 1660 South Market Street/PA Route 230 in Mount Joy Township, and got into a "physical altercation with employees," allegedly pointed a gun at the workers before fleeing around 9:16 p.m., the police say. Knight is also directly tied to an overnight burglary that happened o…

by Jillian Pikora

01/30/2023

Police & Fire

Lebanon County Man Dies Days After Being Hit Outside Harrisburg Walmart A 39-year-old Palmyra man has died three days after he was struck by a car outside of a Walmart in Harrisburg, authorities say. Pritesh Patel died as a result of the injuries sustained in the accident on Monday, Jan. 30, the Swatara police announced that afternoon. Patel was struck on Route 322 in the area of Mushroom Hill Road and was taken to a local hospital where he later died. The police and the Dauphin County Accident Reconstruction Team continue their investigation into this incident. Anyone who may have witnessed this accident is asked to call the Dauphin County 911 ce…

by Jillian Pikora

01/30/2023

Police & Fire

Unresponsive Man Rescued From Carbon Monoxide Poison By York Co. Firefighters An unconscious man was rescued from carbon monoxide poisoning in York County on Friday, Jan. 27, authorities say. The Dover Township Fire Department, officials overheard a medical call involving a report of an unresponsive man around 5:10 p.m., but the primary ambulance service was out on another call, so firefighters jumped into action. When crews arrived, they located the man inside a closed garage and he was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. After an investigation, crews discovered the man was working on a running car. The firefighters metered the…

by Jillian Pikora

01/30/2023

Police & Fire

Hotel Raided, Carlisle Drug House Condemned, Nine Arrested, Police Say Nine people have been arrested and a home has been condemned following two drug raids in three days— involving the same man, police say. The Carlisle Police began an investigation into neighbors' complaints of criminal activity at 138 North East Street in the borough by conducting a warranted search of the home executed by Carlisle Police, Cumberland County Special Response Team, Cumberland County Drug Task Force, and Carlisle Borough Codes Department on January 12, 2023, according to a release by the department on Jan. 30. They seized prescription pills, marijuana, a s…

by Jillian Pikora

01/30/2023

News

Camp Hill Man Threatens To 'Shoot Up' Police Station In Enola, Authorities Say A 26-year-old Camp Hill man threatened to "kill police officers" and "shoot up" a police station in Enola, authorities say. East Pennsboro Township police were called to a report of "a male yelling and was possibly breaking into a house" in the 100 block of Sherwood Circle, Enola on January 26, around 7:32 p.m., according to a release by the department. Officers arrived and found a man later identified as Cole Michael Sheely, breaking a rear screen door to a residence. The police released the following statement following their incident: "An investigation …

by Jillian Pikora

01/30/2023

Obituaries

Harrisburg Mom Of Five, Jessica Serrano Dies Three Days Before 31st Birthday Jessica "Jessy" M. Serrano, a Harrisburg 30-year-old mother of five children, who unexpectedly died on Friday, January 20, 2023, at Holy Spirit Hospital— just three days before her 31st birthday, according to her family. "Jessica had a medical emergency on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, that rendered her unconscious, and was (rushed) to the hospital," according to a GoFundMe page launched for the family. "As of Thursday, the doctors confirmed that she is legally brain dead. I tried to hold on to hope that she would pull through and come back to me. But on Friday, January 20th at 10:56 p.m. at 3…

by Jillian Pikora

01/27/2023

Police & Fire

Child Sexually Assaults 'Family Pets', Sibling, Police in LanCo. Say. A 14-year-old has been charged with sexually assaulting family pets and a sibling, authorities say. The unnamed Clay Township teen was charged and taken into custody on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, around 2:27 p.m., according to a release the following day by the Northern Lancaster County Regional police department. "The juvenile offender was lodged in secure holding for further evaluation. No further information or details are being released due to the age of the offender," the police say.

by Jillian Pikora

01/27/2023

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