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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

Lucky Pennsylvania Player Wins $1.66 Million In Lottery A winning lottery ticket for Match 6 Lotto drawing on Thursday, January 12, 2023, sold in York County according to lottery officials. The ticket matched all six balls: 2-15-21-38-40-47, to win $1.66 million, less applicable withholding. It sold at the 7-Eleven located at 101 Limekiln Road in New Cumberland, which will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. More than 50,600 other PA Lottery Mega Millions tickets won prizes of various amounts in the drawing, including more than 8,300 tickets purchased with Megaplier. Players find out if they've won any priz…

by Jillian Pikora

01/13/2023

News

Dad Found With Child Porn, Police In York County Say A 31-year-old dad has been arrested after police conducted a warranted search of his home and found child pornography on Thursday, January 12, 2023. Myles Andrew Howell, 31, of Manchester's home was found to have numerous images and videos containing child pornography, according to the Newberry Township police. Howell is a father according to his social media which now has comments from community members calling him a "pedo." In a recent creepy social media update, he changed his bio on Facebook to read, "New Year's Resolution: Self Love Awareness, and being comfortable in one'…

by Jillian Pikora

01/13/2023

Police & Fire

Man Who Murdered Lancaster Dad Learns His Fate, DA Say A confessed killer is heading to prison, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office on Friday, January 13, 2023. Police were dispatched for a report of a stabbing at 505 Pearl Street on Sept. 1, 2021, just before 7 a.m. The officers arrived to find Brandon Schweers, 36, of the 500 block of Pearl Street in Lancaster, with visible injuries to his head and knee, as well as having difficulty breathing. Prior to being taken to the hospital, Schweers told the officers that Aaron Robertson was the person who attacked with a knife and pepper spray. During t…

by Jillian Pikora

01/13/2023

Obituaries

UPitt Pharm Student Lindsay Heck Dies Suddenly At 25 Years Old A 25-year-old doctor of Pharmacy died suddenly in Pittsburgh in December, just before her father was rushed to the ICU, loved ones say in a GoFundMe campaign. Dr. Lindsay Ann Heck, 25, died unexpectedly from an unknown cause on Dec. 20, 2022, as stated in her obituary. A best friend, hurdle buddy, and one of the most genuine people I’ve ever met….. rest easy Linds ❤️ Posted by Morgan Manglaviti on Friday, December 23, 2022 She was known as "the light of everyone’s life" with a "smile (that) lit up a room, and her laughter was contagious. She was a loyal friend and trusted confidante t…

by Jillian Pikora

01/13/2023

Obituaries

Teen Dies In Airborne Crash Into Utility Pole, Tree, Pennsylvania State Police Say A 17-year-old boy was killed in a three-vehicle airborne crash in Williamstown on Thursday, January 12, 2023, Pennsylvania state police in Lykens announced that evening. Kenneth Long, 74, of Williamstown, was taking a left turn in his 2012 Chevrolet Silverado onto Railroad Street when the unnamed Tower City teen driving a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt entered the intersection and struck Long in the "11 o'clock position," in the southbound lane of State Route 209 just after 7:30 a.m., according to the release. The Colbalt was "projected through a utility pole and into a tree" before falling back t…

by Jillian Pikora

01/12/2023

Schools

Flasher Questions Girls At School Bus Stops Pennsylvania State Police Say A man allegedly exposed his genitals and asked inappropriate questions to girls at school bus stops through Lancaster County, Pennsylvania state police say. Two girls waiting for a school bus were approached by a white middle-aged man with brown hair, a gray mustache, crooked teeth, and a thin build driving a royal blue four-door sedan at a school bus stop in Salisbury Township who asked them explicit questions before fleeing north on Narvon Road, turning right on to Red Hill Road on Wednesday, Jan. 11 around 8:14 a.m., according to the PSP release the following day. Mu…

by Jillian Pikora

01/12/2023

News

Teens Arrested, Ghost Guns Seized After Shots Fired In York, Police Say Two 19-year-olds were arrested on warrants and two guns were seized following a shots-fired incident in York city on Wednesday, January 11th, 2023. The York City Police were called to a report of shots fired in the 600 block of South Queen Street and witnesses directed the officers to the suspect hiding inside 608. The officers obtained a search warrant and found the ghost guns, other evidence, and arresed the wanted teens. Details about what the teens were wanted for and their identities were not released.

by Jillian Pikora

01/12/2023

Police & Fire

Fentanyl Drug Dealer Leads Police To Straw Gun Purchaser In Lancaster County When the police seized 548 bags of fentanyl and a Glock Model 26 9mm pistol, from a Lancaster dealer they were able to trace the weapon to the straw gun purchaser, the county district attorney announced on Thursday, January 12. A straw gun purchaser is someone who purchases a gun for someone who is prohibited by law from possessing one or for someone who does not want their name associated with the transaction, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Alexander Rodriguez, 21 of the 600 block of Wyncroft Lane, was stopped by police near his home …

by Jillian Pikora

01/12/2023

Obituaries

Popular PA Cafe Owner Dies In Crash Into Tree: State Police The owner of a once popular, but recently shuttered, cafe died in a car crash on Wednesday, January 11, authorities announced the following day. Tiffany A. Munro, 44, of Halifax, was driving a 2002 Volkswagen Coupe south at a “high rate of speed” when she lost control of her vehicle, left the east side of the roadway, and crashed into a tree in the 600 block of North River Road in Halifax Township around 2 p.m., according to Pennsylvania state police. The car then spun out counterclockwise and came to a rest facing northwest in the southbound lane, the police detailed in the release. …

by Jillian Pikora

01/12/2023

News

Former NJ Fire Chief Sentenced For Downloading 100+ Child Porn Images in PA A retired New Jersey fire chief was found with 111 images and videos of child pornography downloaded onto his home computer in Plainfield, Pennsylvania, according to the Cumberland County District Attorney. Frank Edward Svitak, 65, was investigated after a cybertip was sent to the police when he initially began downloading the pornography, the DA explains. Judge Jessica Brewbaker has sentenced him to serve two to four years in a Pennsylvania state correctional institution. Once he is released, he will also be required to register with Megan's Law sex offender list, the DA stated…

by Jillian Pikora

01/12/2023

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