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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

Shallow Grave Unearthed 'Missing Mary Ann' Not Found, But Husband Charged With Homicide: DA New evidence, including handwriting analysis testing, and "decades of hard work and dedication by law enforcement personnel" has led to the arrest of a woman's estranged husband 38 years after she went missing, authorities announced in a release and at a press conference on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. Mary Ann Bagenstose, 25 years old at the time of her disappearance, was last seen at her home located at 167 Willow Street, Pequea Township on June 5, 1984, authorities say. Bagenstose was last seen by her estranged husband, Jere Musser Bagenstose the morning she disappeared, he&…

by Jillian Pikora

12/22/2022

News

Franklin County Teen Goes Missing For Second Time In Two Months Just two months after he was safely located, a Waynesboro 15-year-old has disappeared from his home yet again, authorities say. Jaxson Charles Knight was reported missing on Wednesday, Dec. 21 around 4 p.m. He last was missing and was later found on Sept. 8, according to Washington Township police. Knight is described as having black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with any information on Knight's whereabouts is asked to contact the police at 717-762-1447.

by Jillian Pikora

12/22/2022

Police & Fire

Septic Truck Crash Kills 23-Year-Old Maryland Man: York County Coroner A 23-year-old Whitehall Maryland man died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash involving a septic truck in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon, authorities say. Jacob Bertazon was heading north on Barrens Road with he crossed over the double yellow line for an unknown reason near the intersection of Barton Circle striking a septic tanker truck on Dec. 21 around 2:30 p.m., according to the York County coroner's officer and Pennsylvania state police. Bertazon died an accidental death due to multiple blunt-force trauma, as certified by Deputy Coroner Milly Y…

by Jillian Pikora

12/22/2022

News

Attempted Homicide At Central PA Hotel: Police A Harrisburg man has been arrested in connection with a homicide attempt at a central Pennsylvania hotel on Sunday, authorities say. The Lower Paxton Township Bureau of police officers were called to a report of two men fighting and shots being fired at the Woodspring Suites located at 6351 Chelton Avenue on Dec. 18 at 11:15 p.m., according to a release by the department. At the hotel, police officers arrested 43-year-old Aaron Rios. Following an investigation he was charged with felons for Criminal Attempt Homicide, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and Firearms Not To Be Carried W…

by Jillian Pikora

12/21/2022

Police & Fire

Woman In Marked Crosswalk Struck Dead By Dump Truck In Pittsburgh: Authorities A woman in her 70s was struck dead by a dump truck in Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon, authorities say. The unidentified woman was hit while crossing the street in the 5000 block of Second Avenue in Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood on Dec. 21 at 1:44 p.m., according to a release by Pittsburgh Public Safety. The driver of the dump truck stayed on the scene where the woman was later declared deceased. Footage of the scene obtained by WPXI shows the dump truck stopped on the crosswalk which was marked and signed. An investigation into the crash is ongoing, by the Colli…

by Jillian Pikora

12/21/2022

News

Poetic Justice: PA State Police Bust Man For Allegedly Kidnapping, Killing Bratton Bard Five days after a popular local poet was found shot dead, her alleged kidnapper and killer has been arrested Pennsylvania state police say. Paige Nikole Kibe, 25, was found near River Road in Bratton Township on Friday, Dec. 16, according to an earlier release by state police. Michael Jason Kennedy, 44, of Yeagertown, was arrested and charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and kidnapping, among 13 other offenses related to Kibe's disappearance and killing, state police explain in the release and court documents confirm. Kennedy remains in the Mifflin County Prison after bail …

by Jillian Pikora

12/21/2022

News

Ephrata Man Hospitalized After Rescuing Roommate From Fire: Police A man has been hospitalized after "pulling his roommate from the smoke-charged first-floor apartment," Ephrata police say. The fire broke out in the fire floor apartment in the 300 Block of West Main Street, Ephrata Borough on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 7:22 p.m., according to a release by the police department the following day, After crews learned there was possible entrapment, the Ephrata police department, ambulance, Pioneer Fire Company, and local mutual aid fire departments were dispatched. "The first arriving police officer and firefighter assisted a resident" with the rescue of the…

by Jillian Pikora

12/21/2022

News

Man Thrown From Truck In Fiery Rollover York County Crash Dies: Coroner A man died at the scene of a fiery crash on Tuesday, authorities say. The unidentified man veered off the 4900 block of East Berlin Road in Paradise Township losing control on Dec. 20, around 8:45 p.m., according to a release the following morning by the York County coroner. The man (who was the only person in the truck) was thrown from the truck after it rolled over multiple times, and the extent of his initial injury was not released, officials say. Once the truck came to a rest, the truck caught fire, according to authorities. The man was pronounced dead "despite life-s…

by Jillian Pikora

12/21/2022

Schools

Man Allegedly Tried To Lure Harrisburg Area Elementary School Students Into Van Without Plate Elementary students on their way to school were supposedly asked to get into a man's van, according to a letter the Harrisburg School District. The man approached two Foose students near the intersection of 15th and Sycamore streets, on Tuesday, Dec. 20 around 8:50 a.m., according to the letter. The man is discribed as wearing a black mask and black sweater, and driving a white van in “poor condition,” without a license plate, as detailed in the letter. The police and school security have been made aware of the incident and will keep an eye out of the van. “Please discuss with your…

by Jillian Pikora

12/21/2022

News

Florida Man Sets Record At Harrisburg International Airport With Loaded Gun: TSA A Florida man inadvertently helped the Transportation Security Administration officers at Harrisburg International Airport set the record for most guns found in a year on Thursday, Dec. 15, according to the TSA on the following Tuesday. The man was not only found with a weapon but it was a loaded 9 mm in his carry-on bag, according to the release on Dec. 20. The gun was found by officers at the x-ray machine. This makes the tenth gun found this year, which is the highest number at HIA in the 21-year history of the TSA, according to the release. “Our officers are go…

by Jillian Pikora

12/20/2022

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