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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 Powerball Player Wins $150K Lottery A winning Pennsylvania Powerball ticket with Power Play was sold in western Pennsylvania for the drawing on Monday, Oct. 31, according to lottery officials. The drawing matched all five balls drawn, 13-19-36-39-59, and the red Powerball 13 to win $150,000, less applicable withholding. Without the $1 Power Play option, the ticket would have been worth $50,000. The Power Play multiplier drawn was three. The ticket was sold at Pilot Travel Center, 122 Fitz Henry Road, Smithton— which earns a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket. More than 296,200 other PA Lottery Powerball tickets won …

by Jillian Pikora

11/01/2022

News

22-Year-Old York County Man Admits To Owning 'Self-Made Guns', Oxy., Selling THC: Usdoj A 22-year-old York County man is heading to prison after he admitted to selling drugs from his home, according to a release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Waylon Hutcheson pleaded guilty on Oct. 26, 2021, to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and receipt or possession of a firearm made in violation of the National Firearms Act, according to the release. The Red Lion man was sentenced to one year in prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses on Oct. 24, 2022, as stated in the release. The charges stem fro…

by Jillian Pikora

11/01/2022

Police & Fire

Dog Found Struck Dead In Central Pennsylvania: Police A dog was killed in a hit and run in central Pennsylvania on Monday, Oct. 31, according to the police. The East Pennsboro Police were called to a report of a struck dog at the intersection of routes 11 and 15, and State Street in Enola, according to a release by area police the following morning. The dog, a young German Shepherd, was approximately one year of age, with an orange and grey collar, the release details. Anyone with information regarding the dog and/or it's owner is asked to contact the East Pennsboro Township Police Department at 717-732-3633.

by Jillian Pikora

11/01/2022

News

Pennsylvania State Police Trooper MedEvac'd After Being Struck By Passing Car At Crash Scene "Please keep the trooper in your prayers" Pennsylvania state police said shortly after one of their own was hit by a car while on the job. The unnamed trooper out of Chambersburg had been investigating a car crash on Black Gap road at the intersection of Olde Scotland Road in Greene Township on Monday, Oct. 31 around 5:14 a.m., according to a release by the state police. While on the scene, a passing car struck the trooper. They were Med'Evaced to Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, as detailed in the release. The trooper is in stable condition at the…

by Jillian Pikora

10/31/2022

Schools

Two Penn State Students Arrested For Threats Posted On Social Media: Authorities Two Penn State Altoona students have been arrested in connection to threats they made on social media, authorities say. Juan Namakura, 19, of Illinois, was arrested first followed by Benjamin Dous, 20, of Pennsylvania for posting threats on the social media app Yik Yak — posting on the Altoona Penn State campus within 5 miles of each other on Oct. 30, according to the criminal complaints obtained by Daily Voice. Nakamura posted first writing "don't come to school Monday if you want to live," the police stated in the complaint. Dous reportedly wrote “This Juan gang y’all don…

by Jillian Pikora

10/31/2022

News

Parole, Probation Officer From Delaware Admits To Downloading Child Porn In Pennsylvania: DA A Lancaster County Probation and Parole officer was arrested on child pornography-related charges on Friday, Oct. 28, the County District Attorney's office announced on Monday, Oct. 31. Deric Paul Lilly, 45, previously of the 300 block of W. Charlotte Street in Manor Township, but now living in Delaware, was charged with four felony counts of possessing child pornography and two felony counts of criminal use of a communication facility. Detectives in Lancaster County had received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding an account that was used…

by Jillian Pikora

10/31/2022

News

Witnesses Jump Into Action Giving CPR At The Scene Of Deadly Crash On RT 222, Police Say Police arrived at the scene of a deadly crash on Route 222 to find two bystanders had jumped into action and were given CPR to a man, according to a release on Monday, Oct. 31. The crash happened in the northbound lanes near mile marker 33 in Manheim Township on Friday, Oct. 28, around 5:17 p.m., as detailed in the release. A 69-year-old man from Lititz had been riding a motorcycle when he changed lanes but continued drifting off the right side of the road, striking a guide rail— coming off the bike, township police explain citing witnesses. "The motorcycle then cont…

by Jillian Pikora

10/31/2022

Police & Fire

20-Year-Old Hershey Man Killed In Lancaster County Crash: Police A 20-year-old man from Hershey has died in a three-vehicle crash in Rapho Township, police say. The crash happened on state route 283 at mile marker 22.2 on Oct. 29 around 10:50 p.m., Manheim Borough police detailed in a release on Monday, Oct. 31. A preliminary investigation has determined that the 20-year-old was driving behind a vehicle driven by a 43-year-old male from Lititz heading east on 283 when the younger man attempted to pass. He was trying to get into the westbound lane, but somehow he hit the Lititz's man's vehicle—causing his vehicle to spin into the median and then on-…

by Jillian Pikora

10/31/2022

Obituaries

Missing Man Found Dead In Western Pennsylvania: State Police A man who had been missing for four days has been found dead, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police release on Monday, Oct. 31. Justin Paul Hanzely was last seen leaving his home on Fallen Timbers Road in Point Marion, Fayette County on Oct. 24 and his last known location is Dilliner, Greene County state police said in the initial missing person's release on Oct. 27. I’m asking all my prayer warriors to please pray for Justin Hanzely family as they continue to search for him !!! Posted by Cassy Chisler on Friday, October 28, 2022 Hanzely was found in a "heavily wooded ar…

by Jillian Pikora

10/31/2022

News

Man Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police A man has been shot dead by Pennsylvania state police in Allegheny County on Monday, Oct. 31, authorities say. State police were called to "an incident in the area of Shamrock Lane in Fawn Township," Trooper Black said in a statement around 7:40 a.m. "PSP encountered an armed subject, at which time the subject presented a firearm. The armed subject failed to commands from PSP members," the statement reads. Police responded by shooting him, but the details were not released. He succumbed to his injuries, but it is unclear if he died at the scene or at a hospital. Troop D…

by Jillian Pikora

10/31/2022

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