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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

Car Into Building Causes Gas Leak In York: Authorities A car slammed into rowhomes in York causing a gas leak on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, authorities say. The car hit three homes in the 200 block of Chestnut Street near Maple Avenue and North Pine Street at 2:19 p.m., according to emergency dispatch. The front of the homes suffered some exterior damage, authorities say. Columba Gas came to the area and the leak is under control, authorities told Daily Voice. The status of the driver is unknown. Additional information has not been released. Follow Daily Voice for updates.

by Jillian Pikora

03/15/2023

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SC Homicide Suspect Hid In PA Basement, US Marshals Say A man wanted on criminal homicide charges was caught in Western Pennsylvania, US Marshals announced on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Travis Burton was found hiding in the basement of a home in the 600 block of Romine Street, McKeesport, acting U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Phil Cornelious stated in the announcement. Burton is accused of shooting a 65-year-old man dead in a backyard near 2569 Gibbs Road Johns Island, South Carolina on Jan. 14, 2023, around 1 p.m., according to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office. He was also wanted on a firearms viola…

by Jillian Pikora

03/15/2023

News

110 MPH Chase Leads To 24 Pounds Of Marijuana, $8K+ Dog: PA State Police A 35-year-old man with ties to several other states led Pennsylvania state police on a nine-mile-long high-speed chase with a rare dog in his passenger seat, authorities say. Cordaro Darnez Champ is from Homer, LA, according to state police, although court records show he lives in Colts Neck, NJ, and he also has a record in Myrtle Beach, SC for a hotel robbery, according to MBPD. The Pennsylvania state police first attempted to pull him over for a traffic violation while he was driving a 2014 Audi near the intersection of Camp Letterman Drive and York Road in Str…

by Jillian Pikora

03/15/2023

News

11-Year-Old Girl On Bicycle Struck In Hit-Run In Manheim: Police An 11-year-old girl was hospitalized after she was struck by a car while riding her bicycle. The unnamed girl was wearing her helmet when the 2008-2012 silver Honda Accord struck her in the 6400 block of Brodbeck Road, Manheim Township on Feb. 8, 2023, at 6:37 p.m., Northern York County Regional Police Department, said the following day. The car was driving east when the passenger side mirror struck the girl who was traveling in the same direction, according to the police. She was taken to the hospital by her parents for non-life-threatening injuries, the police explain in the release. …

by Jillian Pikora

03/15/2023

News

Drunk Alabama Man Found In Ceiling Of PA Restaurant: Authorities A 36-year-old man from Alabama got drunk and climbed into the ceiling of a popular Pennsylvania restaurant, authorities say. Brandon Connell of Thorsby, AL was found in the restroom ceiling of Tomato Pie Cafe located at 3950 Tecport Drive, Harrisburg, on Monday, March 13, 2023, at 3:19 p.m., according to Swatara Township Police. "Connell was arrested without incident, removed from the premises and charged with Disorderly Conduct, Criminal Mischief, Public Drunkenness and Invasion of Privacy," the police stated in the release. He was remanded to the Dauphin County Prison a…

by Jillian Pikora

03/15/2023

News

Armed Robbery At Lebanon Turkey Hill: Police A man purchasing cigarettes claimed to have a gun and robbery a Lebanon City Turkey Hill on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, police say. Kenneth Bruce Jr., was arrested nearby the On Turkey Hill Convenient Store located at 12th and Maple Streets shortly after the 1 a.m. robbery, according to a police release later that day. "While purchasing the carton of cigarettes the subject gave the clerk a note. The note informed the clerk that this is a robbery and that the suspect had a gun. The suspect left the store with an undetermined amount of cash. The clerk was not inju…

by Jillian Pikora

03/14/2023

Police & Fire

Lebanon Burglar Caught With Help Of Neighbor, Police Say A neighbor saw a 21-year-old Lebanon man entering and exiting a home he was burglarizing through a window on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, authorities say. The neighbor quickly contacted the city police and they arrived and set up a perimeter around 620 South 7th Street around 11:05 a.m., according to a release LCPD issued later that day. While the police were on scene investigating, "officers observed a bag being thrown out of one of the windows. Seconds later a male subject then jumped out the same window," the police state in the release. Trenton Naugle was arrest…

by Jillian Pikora

03/14/2023

Obituaries

7-Month-Old PA Baby Dies Of Fentanyl Overdose While In Grandma's Care: Authorities A Pennsylvania infant has died from acute fentanyl toxicity, authorities announced on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. The announcement comes two months after 7-month-old Zhuri Sade Bogle was found unresponsive in her bed in the 8100 block of Chaske Street, Penn Hills on January 14, 2023, at 6:44 a.m., according to the release. "When first responders arrived, they found Zhuri’s father performing CPR. First responders took over, but at 7:05 a.m. she was pronounced deceased at the scene," Allegheny County officials stated in the release. "Detectives learned Zhuri was in the care of her grandmother …

by Jillian Pikora

03/14/2023

News

Lancaster Man Nabbed For Sex Crimes With Child: Authorities UPDATE: Victor Rivera was taken into custody by Lancaster City Police Officers of C Platoon and the Criminal Investigation Division on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at 4:05 p.m., according to an updated release on March 15. ORIGINAL: The man pictured is wanted "for multiple sex crimes against a child" the Lancaster City/County Crime Stoppers announced on Tuesday, March 14. The man is 56-year-old Victor Rivera, who is charged with the following according to police and confirmed by court records: Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse with a Child Aggravated Indecent Assault o…

by Jillian Pikora

03/14/2023

Obituaries

Award-Winning Ephrata Nurse Dies, Husband Seriously Hurt In ATV Crash: Authorities An award-winning labor and delivery nurse from Ephrata has died and her husband remains in the hospital following an all-terrain vehicle crash in Tell Township, on Saturday, March 11, 2023, Pennsylvania State Police said in a release the following day. The passenger, and decorated local nurse, 34-year-old Amanda L. Hoffert, was pronounced dead at the scene of the ATV crash at Black Hollow Road just south of Village Hill Road at 6:25 p.m., state police explained in the release. Her 36-year-old husband, Bret Hoffert, had been driving the 2013 Honda Rancher north when he left the roadway fo…

by Jillian Pikora

03/13/2023

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