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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

Police & Fire

Pair Rescued From Car Trapped In Flood Waters In Ephrata (Photos) A pair was rescued from a car trapped in flood waters in Ephrata on Wednesday, fire officials announced the following morning. The water rescue happened on West Mohler Church Road along Cocalico Creek, sometime in the early evening of April 3, according to the Ephrata Pioneer Fire Company. Crews with the company were able to get the duo out of the vehicle with no injuries reported. "No matter the time of day or weather conditions, our volunteers are always here to answer your call for help," the fire company concluded its release.

by Jillian Pikora

04/04/2024

Police & Fire

Puddle Causes Serious Tractor-Trailer, SUV Crash On US 15, Upper Allen Township PD A woman was hospitalized after "standing rain water on the roadway" made her lose control of her SUV, Upper Allen Township police announced Wednesday evening. The police were called to the scene of the two-vehicle crash on US Route 15 northbound, near the East Winding Hill Road exit, around 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, the department detailed in the release. Arriving officers found the SUV heavily damaged and pulled over on the side of the highway with the tractor-trailer behind it (as pictured). Here's how the police described what happened: "The investigation determined that th…

by Jillian Pikora

04/04/2024

Police & Fire

'Serious Injuries' Hospitalize 2 After Tree Falls On SUV: PA State Police Two people are in the hospital with "serious injuries" after a tree fell on their SUV on Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Police announced that evening. The tree landed on the Toyota Highlander along Kirkwood Pike/PA Route 472 in Quarryville, Colerain Township at 12:15 p.m. on April 3, PSP Trooper James Grothey detailed in the release. Heavy rain and winds uprooted the tree sending it down on the SUV's windshield — trapping the pair inside the vehicle, Grothey explained. They were freed with the assistance of local EMS and fire crews. Both people in the SUV were taken to Lancaster General Ho…

by Jillian Pikora

04/04/2024

Police & Fire

Wanted Bicyclist On Crack Cocaine Arrested Easter Sunday, Camp Hill Police Say A bicyclist making traffic violations was stopped by officers and discovered to be high on crack cocaine, Camp Hill police announced on April 1. The unidentified 28-year-old male cyclist from Dillsburg was pulled over by Camp Hill Police for a traffic stop "after vehicle code violations were observed at the intersection of North 33rd Street and Walnut Street," on Easter Sunday, March 31 at 11:04 p.m., as detailed in the release. Officers soon discovered the bicyclist was wanted on "multiple active arrest warrants, including a bench warrant out of the York County Sheriff's Office related to …

by Jillian Pikora

04/03/2024

Police & Fire

Man Stabbed In Neck With Scissors, Pennsylvania State Police York Say One man has been charged and another is in a hospital following a fight that ended with scissors been plugged into one of the men's neck, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday. Just before PSP York Troopers were called to "an assault" in the 300 block of Channell Road, Fawn Township, 23-year-old Gavin Bossom of New Park, PA "engaged into a verbal and physical altercation" with a 55-year-old man, as stated in the release. When members of Troop J arrived, at approximately 10:06 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, they found the man "with a stab wound on his neck," a…

by Jillian Pikora

04/03/2024

Schools

Fire At Lancaster County High School Woodshop Forces Classes Online For Days A fire at a high school wood shop forced the district to switch to online or remote learning for a minimum of two days, officials announced on Tuesday morning. Intially fire crews were called to Maheim Tonwship High School for a report of smoke showing at 5:18 p.m. on Monday, April 1, officials explained. The fire was found fire in a dust collector on the exterior of the high school off the wood shop. Even though the "fire was contained to the exterior, however the interior required extensive ventilation. Manheim Township High School will be holding on-line only learning …

by Jillian Pikora

04/02/2024

Police & Fire

Missing Endangered Alert Issued For Central PA Man Cancelled By Pennsylvania State Police A 47-year-old man who missing and thought to be in danger has been located, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday morning. Michael Ruppert of Red Lion had was last been seen on April 2 driving his red 2001 Ram 2500 with a license plate reading: YDL5830M, according to PSP Troop J York Station. Ruppert was wearing blue jeans, a black sweatshirt or green Carhart jacket, brown work boots, and a black hat with a white “C” emblem, as detailed in the release. He is described as a white male approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing approximately 280 …

by Jillian Pikora

04/02/2024

Traffic

Tractor-Trailer Rollover Crash On I-81 In Lebanon County Clears: PennDOT A tractor-trailer crash caused miles of delays on Interstate 81, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials told Daily Voice on Tuesday, April 2. The tractor-trailer rolled over after it crashed at mile marker 93.5 on I-81 northbound at 1 p.m. on April 2, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler explained. Traffic was diverted starting at Exit 90: PA 72 - LEBANON and all lanes were closed through Exit 100: PA 443 - PINE GROVE. There is no word from the scene about any injuries, and it is unknown what was in the trailer. The roadway reopened at 5 p.m.

by Jillian Pikora

04/02/2024

Police & Fire

Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Chokehold At Cumberland County Prison, Police Say A 30-year-old convicted felon — in his third prison in six months — is facing new charges after putting a corrections officer in a chokehold, the police announced on Tuesday, April 2. Justin Miles Bookwalter of Huntingdon is accused of placing "the Corrections Officer in a headlock, while in the headlock the Corrections Officer was unable to breathe," the Middlesex Township police stated in the release. This incident happened at Cumberland County Prison on March 27, 2024. This is Bookwalter's third county prison stay since Oct. 31, 2023. He was previously in Huntingd…

by Jillian Pikora

04/02/2024

News

Breakfast Shake Package Full of Psilocybin Mushrooms Found In Drug Dealer's Lititz Home: DA Ghost guns, methamphetamine, and psilocybin mushrooms stuffed inside a protein powder breakfast shake container were all found at a Littiz's man's home by the Lancaster Drug Task Force, the district attorney announced on Monday, April 1. Timothy Jason Sherrin, 41 of the 500 block of Greenhowe Drive, had allegedly stuffed the mushrooms in a Carnation Breakfast Essentials Rich Milk Chocolate package and had other illegal items throughout his home, as discovered during the warranted search at 2:24 p.m. on March 21, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Offic…

by Jillian Pikora

04/01/2024

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