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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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Obituaries

20-Year-Old Killed, 3 Other National Guard Members Injured In Crash At Fort Indiantown Gap A 20-year-old woman has died in a crash between two military vehicles at Fort Indiantown Gap on Saturday, Oct. 22, the Pennsylvania National Guard told Daily Voice. Specialist Mackenzie "Mack" L. Shay, 20 of New Castle, was killed in the crash, according to Capt. Travis Mueller. The three other service members who were hurt were taken to Hershey Medical Center and all have since been released. Shay was a 92F, Army Petroleum Supply Specialist, assigned to the 28th Infantry Division’s Company G, 128th Brigade Support Battalion. She was born in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, and lived in Pittsb…

by Jillian Pikora

10/24/2022

News

Armed Harrisburg Woman Coming From York Co. Bulglary Threatened Churchgoers In Carlisle: Police A 31-year-old Harrisburg woman was armed when she made threats to people heading into a church for services on Sunday morning in Carlisle, Pennsylvania state police say. Amber Leiann Espigh, 31, made the threats to the churchgoers of Bethel Assembly of God Church in the 1400 block of Holly Pike in South Middleton Township. at 10:05 a.m., according to a release issued around 9 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 23. Church members spoke with her and kept her occupied until police arrived and took her into custody without incident, according to the release. Espigh was involved in a burglary ear…

by Jillian Pikora

10/24/2022

Police & Fire

Teenager Struck By MD Driver MedEvac'd From Crash In PA: Police An 18-year-old man was struck by a car while crossing a street in Hanover, on Saturday, Oct. 22, authorities say. The victim was hit while "wearing dark clothing" and "not using a marked crosswalk," at 9:11 p.m. in the 1000 block of Carlisle Street, according to Hanover police. He was flown to York Hospital with serious injuries, as detailed in the release. The teen's identity was not released. The striking vehicle, a 2008 Pontiac G6, was driven by Kevin Shaeffer, of Westminster, Maryland, who remained on the scene. No other information was provided by the police. Anyone who may …

by Jillian Pikora & Zak Failia

10/23/2022

Schools

Native NJ Dad Of 3 Charged For Yelling Profanities At School Children In Pennsylvania: Police A 43-year-old father of three yelled profanities at school children, authorities say. Nolan Bronner, currently living in Columbia Borough, but originally from Jersey City, New Jersey, yelled at the school children in a crosswalk on Oct. 17 at approximately 8:46pm, according to the release and his social media. An Officer with the Columbia Borough Police department heard Bronner yelling the profanities, the release details. "The Officer approached the male, known to him as Nolan J. Bronner...and told him he would be receiving a citation in the mail for disorderly conduct due to scaring near…

by Jillian Pikora

10/23/2022

News

Ex-Probationer Slams Into House During High-Speed Chase In Central PA: Police A 22-year-old woman had only recently gotten off probation when she slammed into a house while fleeing from the police in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, but the chase didn't end there, police say. Kennedy Marie Jackson-Foucher initially fled from the Lower Paxton Township "at a high rate of speed" during a traffic stop while driving her silver Ford Fusion in the area of Londonderry Road and Sir Thomas Court on Oct. 22, 2022, at approximately 3 a.m., according to a release by the department the following morning. Jackson-Foucher, "failed to pull over" and as she accelerat…

by Jillian Pikora

10/23/2022

Lifestyle

Pennsylvania Ranks Among The Best States To Own Electric Vehicles, Website Says The US government plans to ban the sale of gas-powered cars in 2035, which might have you wondering when you should make the switch to an electric vehicle. Bumper, an app for car owners, just released its second iteration of Best and Worst States to Own Electric Cars. The company's study ranks states on eleven metrics relating to both EV infrastructure and incentives—including the cost to recharge an EV, the number of public charging stations, and the current transaction sale price of new EVs to determine which states are the best to own an EV, you can read more about the method…

by Jillian Pikora

10/22/2022

News

Convict Stabbed Man In Back With Butcher's Knife In Carlisle: DA For the second time in two years a former convict has been found guilty of aggravated assault, authorities say. Floyd Robinson, 48, of Carlisle, has been convicted for Aggravated Assault (serious bodily injury) and Aggravated Assault (bodily injury with a deadly weapon, the Cumberland County district attorney's office says. Robinson was seen chasing a man down and stabbing him in back with a butcher knife in the first block of B Street in Carlisle around 8:30 p.m., police say. Carlisle police officer Ronald Hoover interrupted the assault, apprehending Robinson, and providing ai…

by Daily Voice

10/21/2022

News

Missing Central PA Teen Found Safe: State Police UPDATE: Emercyn Hope Winfindale, 16, of Hummelstown was found safe by Saturday, Oct. 22 at 4 p.m., according to an updated release by the Pennsylvania state police. No additional information was released. ORIGINAL: A Hummelstown teen has been reported as missing, according to the Pennsylvania state police. Emercyn Hope Winfindale was last seen at her home on South Crawford Road on Friday, Oct. 21, at approximately 12:30 a.m., according to the release. She is approximately 5’8″ tall, weighing approximately 165 lbs, with red hair and blue eyes. Winfindale was last se…

by Jillian Pikora

10/21/2022

News

Convict Tried To Pay Cellmate To Kill His Wife: Cumberland County DA A Cumberland County convict has been convicted yet again but this time for offering to pay a cellmate to kill his wife, according to the district attorney's office. Curtis Malone, 31, was already serving time for corruption of minors when he was found guilty of solicitation of homicide following a trial in front of Judge Jessica Brewbaker, on Oct. 18, court records show. Malone offered to pay his cellmate $500 to kill his wife, at one point "discussing pushing his children’s mother in front of a bus," according to an affadivit obtained by PennLive. "During a recorded…

by Jillian Pikora

10/21/2022

Schools

Harrisburg Safety Monitor Put On Leave For Bringing Gun To School A Harrisburg School District safety monitor has been put on leave after he brought a gun to one of the schools, according to Superintendent Eric Turman. This safety monitor is legally permitted to carry a weapon, "however, Harrisburg School District safety monitors, in their professional capacity, are not armed and weapons are not permitted on school grounds," Turman says. The safety monitor told District officials and the police, that the gun was taken to school by accident as he "mistakenly took a backpack to work that contained the gun, didn’t realize it was in …

by Jillian Pikora

10/21/2022

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