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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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21-Year-Old Strangler Nabbed As 3rd Suspect In Half-Million Lancaster County Barn Arson 21-Year-Old Strangler Nabbed As 3rd Suspect In Half-Million Lancaster County Barn Arson
21-Year-Old Strangler Nabbed As 3rd Suspect In Half-Million Lancaster County Barn Arson A 21-year-old man has been arrested as a third suspect in a barn fire that had nearly $500,000 million in damage on April 8, 2021, authorities say.  Charles Jayron Newswanger, of New Holland, has been charged along with Christopher Adam Good, 23, of Annville, and Jonathan Lynn Yoder, 18, of Narvon for setting fire to the barn located in the 200 block of Bridgeville Road at 2:25 a.m., police explained in a new release on the case on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. The building contained hay, a 2005 John Deere harvester, and a 2004 John Deere tractor, according to police at the time of …

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Airbnb Assault In Central Pennsylvania Has Police Searching For Woman Airbnb Assault In Central Pennsylvania Has Police Searching For Woman
Airbnb Assault In Central Pennsylvania Has Police Searching For Woman The police are searching for the woman pictured after an assault at an Airbnb in central Pennsylvania.  The East Earl Township police are "attempting to identify the pictured female in reference to an assault," the department announced in a release on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.  Officers were called to an assault at an Airbnb in the 4900 block Division Highway in the township around 3:45 a.m. on August 9, 2022, according to the release.  The woman pictured has been identified as "a person of interest," police say. Daily Voice reached out to Airbnb for a comment o…

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Schools
Children 'Not Penetrated' During Hazing Among Reasons PA School District Didn't End Football Children 'Not Penetrated' During Hazing Among Reasons PA School District Didn't End Football
Children 'Not Penetrated' During Hazing Among Reasons PA School District Didn't End Football UPDATE: The Middletown Area School District reversed its decision and cancelled the high school's football season after at least one more video of hazing surfaced, Dr. Chelton Hunter, Superintendent of Schools for the Middletown Area School District stated in a second letter on Wednesday, August 24. You can read about this change in the decision here.  ORIGINAL: Disturbing details about sexual hazing have been released as a central Pennsylvania school district announces that they will not end the football season early.  The Middletown Area school district began investigating a h…

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Kidnapper For Hire Slams Into Police Car With Victim In Vehicle: Reports Kidnapper For Hire Slams Into Police Car With Victim In Vehicle: Reports
Kidnapper For Hire Slams Into Police Car With Victim In Vehicle: Reports "I kidnapped her, she had nothing to do with it," a kidnapper for hire told police after slamming into a cruiser— with a woman in tow— ending a police pursuit in western Pennsylvania, authorities say.  Police first attempted a traffic stop of Alando Derrick Brooks, 29, of McKeesport, for  driving 59 mph in a 35 mph zone on East Pittsburgh-McKeesport Boulevard around 7 p.m. on Monday, August 22, multiple media outlets report citing an affidavit filed by police.  Brooks "swerved in and out of traffic and drove down several streets until his car collided with the police cruiser,…

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Obituaries
Las Vegas Man Driving Penske Box Truck Ejected On Pennsylvania Turnpike Las Vegas Man Driving Penske Box Truck Ejected On Pennsylvania Turnpike
Las Vegas Man Driving Penske Box Truck Ejected On Pennsylvania Turnpike A Las Vegas Man Driving a Penske box truck has died along the Pennsylvania turnpike, authorities say. Geoffrey Gallo, 65, of Nevada, was driving too fast while heading east on Interstate 76 by the Gettysburg Interchange ramp in Upper Allen Township when lost control around 4:09 p.m. on Friday, August 19, according to Pennsylvania state police.  The truck overturned and Gallo — who was not wearing a seat belt — was partially ejected, according to state police. Gallo dead at the scene, by the Cumberland County coroner's office. No other people or vehicles were involved in the crash. Th…

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Obituaries
Maryland Man Kills Mom, Child In Mass Stabbing In Pennsylvania: Authorities Maryland Man Kills Mom, Child In Mass Stabbing In Pennsylvania: Authorities
Maryland Man Kills Mom, Child In Mass Stabbing In Pennsylvania: Authorities A mass stabbing at a home in York has left a 34-year-old woman and a 5-year-old child dead on Monday, August 22, authorities say. Pennsylvania state police were called to the stabbing in Firebox Court, Hopewell Township,  at 7:19 p.m. according to a release the following morning. Local police and state troopers arrived to find multiple people had been stabbed and dispatchers initially said this was a "mass casualty" incident. In total, four people were hurt—Jacqueline Fousek, 63, and Joseph Fousek, 28, both of Stewartstown were seriously hurt, so they were treated at the scene and rus…

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'There's A Shark On My Arm' Pennsylvania Woman Attacked By Shark: Reports 'There's A Shark On My Arm' Pennsylvania Woman Attacked By Shark: Reports
'There's A Shark On My Arm' Pennsylvania Woman Attacked By Shark: Reports A Pennsylvania woman visiting South Carolina was attacked by a shark on Monday, August 15, according to multimedia outlets. Karren Sites of Pittsburgh was wading in waist-height water in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with her 8-year-old grandson Brian when “I felt something bite me. I looked down and there was a shark on my arm,” Karen Sites told multiple media outlets via CNN Newsource.  “I couldn’t even see the shark coming up; it jumped up,” Brian Sites said. “I saw the movement of its tail and then it went back into the water.” Karren Sites was badly bitten on her right a…

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Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Rollover Closes Major Roadway In York County (DEVELOPING) Tractor-Trailer Rollover Closes Major Roadway In York County (DEVELOPING)
Tractor-Trailer Rollover Closes Major Roadway In York County (Developing) A tractor-trailer rollover Monday has closed a major roadway in York County on Monday, August 22, police say.  The rollover happened in the 5400 block of Mt. Pisgah Road in Lower Windsor Township at 1:20 p.m., area police say. The police are asking the public to avoid the area until the crash is cleared. Southbound drivers are advised to use Ducktown Road and northbound drivers should use East Prospect Road, as police request in the release.  Police and fire crews remained on the scene as of 3 p.m.  Follow Daily Voice for updates 

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Shooter At-Large After 30-Year-Old Hospitalized In York: Police Shooter At-Large After 30-Year-Old Hospitalized In York: Police
Shooter At-Large After 30-Year-Old Hospitalized In York: Police The police are asking the public for help locating a shooter after a man was hospitalized in York on Monday, August 22nd, 2022. The York City police were called to a shooting in the 400 block of Roosevelt Avenue at 10:10 a.m., according to a release by the department.  Upon arrival, officers found a 30-year-old man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. He was taken to York Hospital for treatment and is expected to survive, according to the police.  Detectives continue to investigate this shooting. There is no word of any suspect.  Anyone with information is asked to co…

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Police & Fire
'Fire Incident' Shuts Down Three Major Roadways In Central PA (DEVELOPING) 'Fire Incident' Shuts Down Three Major Roadways In Central PA (DEVELOPING)
'Fire Incident' Shuts Down Three Major Roadways In Central PA (Developing) Three major roadways in central Pennsylvania have been closed due to a '"fire incident," authorities say.  The undisclosed "fire incident," was first announced by Waynesboro police around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, August 22, 2022.  The police asked the public to avoid "West Main Street in the area of Prices Church Road," but a few minutes later the Waynesboro Volunteer Fire Department announced Buchanan Trail East has also been shut down in the area of Prices Church Road. The closures are expected to last "for an extended amount of time." The fire is supposedly in a large comme…

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