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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

Schools

Three Dead, Dad-Son Duo Involved In One Of Two Deadly McKeesport Shootings: Authorities Two separate shootings including one involving a father and son, left three people dead and one wounded as well as caused three area schools into lockdowns, Allegheny County officials announced on March 2, 2023. McKeesport police were called to a report of gunfire near the 50 building of Crawford Village around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, according to the release. Three men were found with gunshot wounds: 22-year-old Jerred Duncan of Turtle Creek was pronounced deceased on scene and 30-year-old Jordan Eubanksof McKeesport was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounce…

by Jillian Pikora

03/02/2023

News

PA Doctor Uses Ex-Patients Health Insurance To Get Recreational Drugs, AG Says A Pennsylvania doctor was arrested for allegedly using her patients' information to acquire drugs for herself for recreational use, according to the state's attorney general's office on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Dr. Jessie Kunkel, of Murrysville, allegedly had been prescribing patients drugs like Adderall and Xanax, but kept a portion of the pills for herself in exchange for writing the prescriptions— something she had been doing since 2018. “As a medical professional, Dr. Kunkel was trusted to care for her patients and her community,” Acting AG Michelle Henry said. “She violated…

by Jillian Pikora

03/01/2023

Police & Fire

Children Driving Stolen MD Car Full Of Drugs Lead PA State Police On Pursuit Along I-83 Three children driving a stolen car with drugs inside from Baltimore County led Pennsylvania state police on a chase along Interstate 83 on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. State troopers in York were notified by the Baltimore County Sheriff's Office that the stolen vehicle was spotted going north on I-83 towards Pennsylvania around 5:19 p.m., according to a release on March 1. A trooper caught sight of the car at the state line and attempted to stop the vehicle but it fled to Exit 14 Leader Heights Heights Exit (Exit 14). "A short while later, the vehicle came to a stop in a nearby…

by Jillian Pikora

03/01/2023

News

Drunk Man Shatters Cell Door At Cumberland County Booking Center, Police Say A 39-year-old Carlisle man shattered the plexiglass cell door at the Cumberland County Booking Center on Feb. 23, 2023, authorities say. Dakota Lee Roush, was being booked for public drunkenness in Middlesex Township when he "intentionally kicked a cell door causing the thick plexiglass to break," township police state in the release. The Cumberland County Booking Center contacted the township police to report the "vandalism incident inside their facility" at 5 a.m. Thursday. An additional charge of institutional vandalism was been filed against Roush, according to the rel…

by Jillian Pikora

03/01/2023

Police & Fire

Man Dies In Farm Equipment Crash On PA Rt 219: State Police A man in a 2014 Hyundai fatally struck a 2015 International Harvester on Sunday, Feb. 26, Pennsylvania state police say. Allen C. Snyder II, 42, of Dubois, Clearfield County was traveling south on Route 219, near the intersection of Glasshurst Road in Snyder Township, Jefferson County when his vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic for an unknown reason, according to PSP. Snyder slammed into the truck driven by Robert W. Copely Jr., 48, of Mount Jewett, McKean County around 7 p.m., as detailed in the release. Copely suffered minor injuries and refuses transport,…

by Jillian Pikora

03/01/2023

Police & Fire

PA Man Shoots Arrows Into Recliner, Front Door, While 'Really Trying To Scare' Wife: Police A man shot his front door and his recliner with an arrow during a domestic dispute, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. After a hang-up call to 911 state troopers went to Carl Virgil Miller's home along Main Street in Portage Borough on Feb. 25, 2023, at 3:05 a.m., according to a release by state police on Feb. 27. As police arrived, 911 dispatchers received a second call from Miller saying, "I called 10 minutes ago; I damn near shot my wife," as stated in court documents. Officers spotted an arrow hole inside the front door and in a recliner in the living roo…

by Jillian Pikora

03/01/2023

News

Man Smears Blood On Victims' Home On Pleasure Road: Manheim Twp. Police After sending terrorizing texts, a 48-year-old Lancaster County man carved into someone's car and smeared blood on the victims' home and vehicle, authorities say. Norman B. Meiskey IV of Columbia, PA, texted a man “Satan," saying that he was “really bleeding,” and “saving the best for last," on Feb. 18, as stated in the release by Manheim Township police on Feb. 28, 2023, and confirmed in court documents. The township police were called to the 200 block of Pleasure Road on the night of Feb. 22, 2023, according to the release. Upon arrival, the victims sho…

by Jillian Pikora

03/01/2023

News

Son Admits To Trying To Kill 92-Year-Old Dad In Camp Hill Hospital, Police Say While a 92-year-old father was in his hospital bed, his 58-year-old son attempted to kill him, authorities detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. East Pennsboro Police were dispatched to an assault at Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital located at 503 N. 21st Street, Camp Hill on February 26, 2023, at 7:17 p.m., according to a release on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Officers arrived, investigated, and concluded that John Joseph Stoll Jr. of Wellvilles "attempted to kill the victim inside a patient room." The only reason his father survived is that a "staff member witnessed the incid…

by Jillian Pikora

02/28/2023

News

Central PA Teen Girl Goes Missing For Third Time In Two Months: Police A Susquehanna Township 16-year-old has gone missing for the third time in two months, according to a release by area police on Feb. 28, 2023. This time, 16-year-old A'layaisha Bartow, went missing from her home in the afternoon on Feb. 27, according to the police. She previously went missing on Valentine's Day and was found the following day and before that she went missing on Jan. 15 and was found 11 days later. The reason for all of these disappearances was not shared publicly. The police are asking for the public’s help in finding her. Anyone with information on her w…

by Jillian Pikora

02/28/2023

News

Four Kids Spotted Getting Baked In Car With Woman Named 'Baker,' Police In Lancaster Co. Say Mary Baker was found "baked" on marijuana in a smoke-filled car with four children on Jan. 13, 2023, authorities announced in a release on Feb. 28. Baker, 43, of Denver, was noticed by the police while sitting in "a parked vehicle full of smoke with the windows up" in the 100 block of Main Street around 7:45 p.m., East Cocalico Township police say. Officers also "discovered Baker was in possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia," as stated in the release. The children in the vehicle were not her's, so their parents were notified, according to the release.…

by Jillian Pikora

02/28/2023

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