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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

News

Maryland Attacker Who Strangled Woman In Pennsylvania Sheetz Restroom Arrested: Police A woman was beaten in the handicapped stall at a central Pennsylvania Sheetz and two months later police say they have found the Maryland man who attacked her, authorities announced on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Elijah Richard Jennings, 25, originally from Harrisburg, most recently living in Maryland, was arrested on a warrant issued by Lower Allen Township police in connection with the assault on Monday, January 23, according to an updated release. The Lower Allen Township police were called for a welfare check on a woman who was crying in the bathroom at the Sheetz located at 1508 …

by Jillian Pikora

01/26/2023

News

Pagans Motorcycle Gang's Meth Dealer Heads To Prison In Pennsylvania: Usdoj A man who was known as a methamphetamine dealer for the Pagan's Motorcycle Club has admitted to violating federal narcotics trafficking laws and has been sentenced for his crimes according to a release by the US Department of Justice on Monday, January 23, 2023. Joshua Birrell, 40, formerly of Latrobe, was sentenced to five years of imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release by United States District Judge Robert J. Colville on Jan. 11, 2023. During the hearing, the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, told the Cour…

by Jillian Pikora

01/26/2023

Police & Fire

Harrisburg Man Wanted For Ephrata Burglary Arrested In Berks County, Police Say A 23-year-old Harrisburg man has been arrested in connection with a burglary at the Green Dragon Farmers Market in Ephrata, authorities announced on Wednesday, January 25. Devan Andre Robinson, and another man yet— to be identified man— broke into the market and stole an unknown sum of money during the overnight hours on December 14, 2022, the Ephrata police explain in the release. Robinson has been charged with burglary, criminal conspiracy to commit Burglary, and criminal mischief on Jan. 12, according to the police. He is currently being held in the Berks County Prison on unrelate…

by Jillian Pikora

01/25/2023

News

Man Missing Over 12 Days From Harrisburg Home A 47-year-old man is missing, police in Harrisburg announced on Wednesday, January 25. Juan Montanez-Aponte, of Harrisburg, has not been seen or heard from since Jan. 12. "His family is concerned for his health and well-being," the police state in the release. Anyone with information on Montanez-Aponte's whereabouts has been asked to contact the Harrisburg Bureau of Police at 717-558-6900.

by Jillian Pikora

01/25/2023

Obituaries

Uncle, Nephew ID'd In Head-On Crash On RT 74, York Co. Coroner Says The two men who died at the scene of a head-on crash in York County on Wednesday, Jan. 25, have been identified, authorities announced on Thursday. Andrew Smucker, 43, of the 300 block of Clay Street in Lancaster was driving his uncle Benuel Smucker Jr., 77, of the 2000 block of Horseshoe Road in East Lampeter Township when a woman driving north on Delta Road/Route 74 crossed over into the men's southbound lane for an unknown reason striking them head-on at 1:52 p.m., according to a release by the York County coroner's office. Troopers from Troop J - York Station were dispatched …

by Jillian Pikora

01/25/2023

Police & Fire

Family Dies In Murder-Suicide Pact In West Manchester Twp. Backyard: Coroner A family of three was found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in their backyard in York County on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, authorities say. James A. Daub, 62, Deborah A. Daub, 59, and Morgan E. Daub, 26 of 2098 Loman Avenue, were identified as the people found dead, according to an updated release by the West Manchester Township police the following day at 11 a.m. Two coroners were requested to the Loman Avenue near the intersection of Derry Road and Thelon Drive in West Manchester Township at 11:17 a.m., according to York County Emergency Management. When…

by Jillian Pikora

01/25/2023

News

I-81 Multi-Vehicle Crash Causing Partial Closure: Pennsylvania State Police A multiple vehicle crash has caused a partial closure of Interstate 81 in central Pennsylvania, authorities say. The closure is at milemarker 35.5 in Penn Township, state police say. No further information was available from the police. According to PennDOT, "northbound between Exit 29: PA 174 - KING ST and Exit: REST AREA." Is the affected area. The public is asked to avoid that stretch of the roadway.

by Jillian Pikora

01/25/2023

Business

Avalanche Kills Kinsley Construction Businessmen Brothers Vacationing In Canada A "once-in-a-decade" avalanche has claimed the lives of two businessmen brothers whose dad was a well-known philanthropist in York County, while skiing on vacation in British Columbia, authorities say. Jon and Tim Kinsley, 59 and 57, were killed while on a guided heli-skiing tour after being caught in a slide southeast of the town of Revelstoke, B.C., about 200 kilometers northeast of Kelowna on Monday, January 23, 2023, Rob Rohn, President & COO of CMH Heli-Skiing announced on Tuesday. Both men were the sons of the late Bob Kinsley, a well-known businessman and philant…

by Jillian Pikora

01/25/2023

News

PA Police Chief, Marine, Dad Arrested On Meth, Cocaine Related Charges: Report A western Pennsylvania police chief was arrested on drug charges involving methamphetamine and cocaine, WPXI reports citing court documents. Greensburg Police Chief Shawn Denning was arrested at Greensburg City Hall by DEA agents on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, according to the outlet. He was charged with six drug-related offenses involving meth and cocaine, the outlet reports citing the federal indictment. Denning was recently promoted to chief in March 2022 after serving on the force for 14 years prior to that he served four years in the Marines, where he completed one combat tour in Ir…

by Jillian Pikora

01/25/2023

Police & Fire

Central PA Teen Missing Over Two Weeks, Police Say A 17-year-old girl has been missing since January 11, authorities say. Terra Braun, of Susquehanna Township, was last known to be in Lancaster City but has never returned home, according to the police. If you have any information on her whereabouts please call 911, or Corporal Tarasi at ltarasi@susquehannatwp.com, 717-652-8265.

by Jillian Pikora

01/25/2023

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