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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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News

IDs Released Following Double Deadly Fires In York County: Coroner The identities of man and a woman who died in two separate fires in York County within two hours of each other on Monday, January 16, 2023 have been released, authorities say. The first fire happened in the 1300 block of Roundtop Road of Warrington Township around 3 p.m., according to the state police. A couple in their 70s lived alone in the home and the 72-year-old Lewisberry wife was pronounced deceased at the scene but Deputy Coroner Michele Kirchner at 3:57 p.m. Pennsylvania York County Lewisberry 1350 Roundtop RD 2ND Alarm Residential Structure Fire Command On Location With A.…

by Jillian Pikora

01/17/2023

News

Pedestrian ID'd After Being Found Struck Dead In Chambersburg, Police Say A pedestrian died at the scene of a crash in Chambersburg on Monday, January 16, authorities say. Bernandino Lopez-Chum was struck dead in the 400 block of Loudon Street and in the area of Monticello Court at 8:43 p.m., according to a release by area police. The roadways were closed in the area for several hours while the police investigated the accident. The striking vehicle remained on the scene, the Chambersburg police say. Nearly 24 hours after the crash the police released the following statement, "The Chambersburg Accident Reconstruction Team responded to the scen…

by Jillian Pikora

01/17/2023

News

Mr. Smoke Shop Employee Burned By Robber, Manheim Twp. Police Say A man asking a light for his cigar burned a clerk at a Mr. Smoke Shop in Manheim Township, police announced on January 10. Dasim Robertson, 25, is a man experiencing homelessness, according to the police. Robertson entered Mr. Smoke at 1320 Lititz Pike and purchased a small package of "Black & Tan" cigars, on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 10:47 a.m., according to the police release. He attempted to light the cigar but failed, so he asked the clerk for a light, but as the cigar was re-lit, Robertson pushed the burnt end of the cigar into the man's thumb…

by Jillian Pikora

01/15/2023

News

ER Patient Kicks Nurse In Face At Hospital In Ephrata, Police Say An emergency room patient has been charged after he kicked a nurse in the face at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, police say. Ethan D. Sorensen, 22, of Ephrata, injured the nurse and also damaged a hospital room door by punching a window during the incident on December 7, 2022, at 2:42 p.m., according to a release by area police in January 2023. He was out on $35,000 in bail for aggravated indecent assault of a child and indecent exposure in March 2022 at the time of the incident, court records show. He has been arrested for this incident and another assault on Dec. 17 ac…

by Jillian Pikora

01/14/2023

News

Ex-Corrections Officer Charged For Assaulting Inmate At Dauphin County Prison: Authorities A former Dauphin County Prison correctional officer was charged on Friday, January 13, 2023. with misdemeanor indecent assault regarding contact with an inmate late last year, authorities say. Donald Drybola Jr., 47, of Gettysburg, worked as a correctional officer for 21 months "prior to his separation from the county on Dec. 9," Dauphin County Communication Director Brett Hambright stated in a release Friday evening. "The inmate consent to the alleged indecent contact because of Drybola’s position as a correctional officer." Details about the incident were no…

by Jillian Pikora

01/13/2023

Police & Fire

Driver Flees Deadly Crash On Route 15: Report A driver fled the scene of a deadly crash that closed Route 15 in Latimore Township on Friday, Jan. 13, DOT officials tell PennLive. The two-vehicle crash happened between Latimore Valley Road/Mountain Road and the exit for Route 94 (Hanover/York Springs) in Latimore Township around 2:30 p.m., according to emergency dispatch in Adams County. Around 4:30 p.m., Carroll Township police released the following statement, "Route 15 South at Old Mill/N. Baltimore St, Mountain Rd and Range end Rd. are closed until further notice. Additional information about the crash was not immediate…

by Jillian Pikora

01/13/2023

Business

Met-Ed Lebanon Shot At, Police Say Someone opened fire at the Met-Ed building in Lebanon on Thursday night, according to the police. Police were called to shots fired at the building at 600 South 5th Avenue on Friday, January 13, 2023, at 5:57 a.m. Upon further investigation, it was clear that no one was hurt but "the front doors of the building had been struck by three bullets," the South Lebanon Township police say. The police think the shooting happened around 11 p.m. Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the police.

by Jillian Pikora

01/13/2023

News

Rivers Casino Gaming Floor Floods In Pittsburgh (Video) A cracked pipe caused the gaming floor of Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh to flood on Friday, January 13, 2023. Rivers Casino flooded by the sportsbook and main entrance Posted by Brandon Davis on Friday, January 13, 2023 You can watch a video clip of the flooding in the players below. Details about what caused the crack have yet to be officially released, but Samantha Carol was there when the flooding started and she sent the following information to Daily Voice. "We were getting ready to leave and stopped at one more machine and all of a sudden the ceiling just opened up like a waterf…

by Jillian Pikora

01/13/2023

News

Lancaster Man Licks Sleeping Child, Police Say A 62-year-old Lancaster man supposedly bribed a child to sleep in his bed and then licked them and sexually assaulted them, police detailed in a release on Friday, January 13, 2023. George S. Cooke of the 1300 block of Orchard Street was first brought to the police's attention when a parent overheard their child say Cooke touched their genitals. Over the course of several interviews with Lancaster County Children and Youth Social Services, it was revealed that "Cooke licked and touched the victim’s groin area. He did this after he bribed the victim with access to a computer game…

by Jillian Pikora

01/13/2023

Police & Fire

Mechanicsburg Woman Dies In PA Turnpike's Longest Tunnel: State Police A Mechanicsburg woman died at the scene of a crash inside the longest tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The unnamed 64-year-old driving a 2007 Chrysler Town and County minivan crossed over over the eastbound lane, plowing through "multiple barricades" inside the Tuscarora Tunnel on Thursday, January 12, 2023, around 7:30 p.m. Pennsylvania state police detail in the release. She "then proceeded to travel around two truck-mounted attenuators with activated arrow boards that were positioned in each of the two westbound lanes of travel," the police say. She stopped wh…

by Jillian Pikora

01/13/2023

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