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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

Police & Fire

Stuck Truck In Carlisle Closes Roads: Police Despiting numerous signs a tractor-trailer driver obviously miscalculated the height of his vehicle in compassion to a bridge he ended up stuck under in Carlisle. The tractor-trailer ended up wedged under the railroad bridge at 5:05 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, police say. No injuries were reported but the public has been asked to avoid the area of North Orange and West High streets for "the next few hours if possible."

by Jillian Pikora

02/24/2023

News

8 Years After Raping Child In PA, Suspect Caught In Miami: Police A man accused of raping a child multiple times in 2015 has been arrested in Miami Flordia, authorities announced on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Teuris Lafargue-Millet, now 48-years-old, was arrested at 1:26 p.m. on Friday in connection with the sexual assaults that happened first happened on January 1, 2015, Harrisburg Bureau of Police explain in a release. He is being charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, unlawful contact with a minor, and corruption of minors, police say and court records confirm. Lafargue-Millet is currently awaiting extradition …

by Jillian Pikora

02/24/2023

News

2 Firefighters Injured; Dog, Cat,Rabbit Killed In York House Fire: Authorities Two firefighters were injured at the scene of a house fire in York County. on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, authorities say. Crews were called to the fire at a home in the 3200 block of Patridge Drive in Dover Township around 2:30 p.m., according to emergency dispatchers. The homeowner and two dogs got out safely but another dog, a cat, and a rabbit died, according to Dover Township fire officials. A mayday was called around 4 p.m. for three firefighters possibly hurt, according to the Goldsboro Fire Company, but the Dover Twp. fire chief has since confirmed only two were injured and taken to…

by Jillian Pikora

02/24/2023

Schools

Kindergartner Struck Dead At School Bus Stop In Westmoreland County, Mom Says Six-year-old Aria Woznick has died at a Pittsburgh hospital hours after being struck by a car while waiting for her school bus, her mother Amanda told Daily Voice. Aria was struck when walking with six other children, and was struck in the 400 block of Fayette Street in North Belle Vernon when crossing the street around 8:10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, authorities confirmed. She was unresponsive when EMS arrived, according to the fire department. It is not immediately clear if the driver stayed on the scene, but the fire officials and dispatch believe they did. "She was life-flighted …

by Jillian Pikora

02/24/2023

Schools

Active Shooter In York Closes Highway, School (Developing) Shots fired at a furniture store have led to an active shooter alert in central York County, authorities say. Approximately 20 shoots were fired inside of Price Busters in the 1900 block of Industrial Highway in Springettsbury Township around 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, but the shooter fled the store on foot and police were called to canvas the area, authorities and witnesses told Daily Voice. No injuries were reported but Springettsbury Township police officers remain in the area as the search for the shooter continues. The highway has been closed between Memory Lane and Nort…

by Jillian Pikora

02/24/2023

Business

Amish View Inn Reopened The Same Day It Caught Fire Three people— including a firefighter— were injured in an early morning fire at a hotel in Lancaster County on Thursday, February 23, 2023, but that afternoon the business had reopened, a spokesperson told Daily Voice. Guests had used sheets to climb out of the AmishView Inn and Suites in the 3100 block of Philadelphia Pike in Leacock Township, at 2:40 a.m. fire officials say. Tom Neely, CEO has released the following statement about the fire: “We are so thankful that emergency services arrived quickly with plenty of equipment and got the fire under control rapidly. We are gra…

by Jillian Pikora

02/24/2023

Schools

Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say A 52-year-old convicted rapist snuck into a Penn State University bathroom and filmed a student's "genitalia" on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Registered sex offender Mark Alonzo Williams also assaulted the student after he confronted him about the phone in HUB-Robeson Center bathroom, Penn State University police explain in the affidavit of probable cause. The student was using a bathroom stall on the ground floor of the HUB around 5 p.m. when he saw that Williams was in the stall next to him with “his cell phone positioned…

by Jillian Pikora

02/23/2023

News

48K+ Doses Of Fentanyl Seized From NY, Philly Men At Pittsburgh Bus Terminal: AG More than 48,100 doses or 962 bricks of fentanyl valued at over $288,600 was seized in two drug raids made at the Pittsburgh bus terminal on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, according to a release the following afternoon by Acting Attorney General Michelle Henry. In the first seizure, a total of 495 bricks of fentanyl were taken from Abimelec Libran-Calcano who was traveling via bus from Philadelphia. A second seizure of 467 bricks of fentanyl was from Rafael Soto who was traveling via bus from New York City. The Bureau of Narcotics Investigation Region V and Drug Control agents, the Off…

by Jillian Pikora

02/23/2023

Police & Fire

Teen ICE Detainee From NY Leads PA State Police On Chase Along I-81: Authorities A 19-year-old illegal immigrant and a 16-year-old girl from New York led Pennslyvania state police pursuit on Interstate 81 that ended with a three-vehicle crash, authorities announced in a release on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Dhanraj Itwaru who had been staying in Jamaica, NY along with his passenger, a girl from South Ozone Park, was fleeing from troopers in his 1999 Honda CRV along I-81 South near mile marker 75 in West Hanover Township around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, according to the PSP release. Itwaru was in the left lane, while 36-year-old Emily Petroski was driving a…

by Jillian Pikora

02/23/2023

Business

Sheets Tied Together To Escape Amish View Inn Fire, Injuring Three— Including Firefighter: FD Three people— including a firefighter— were injured in an early morning fire at a hotel in Lancaster County on Thursday, February 23, 2023, authorities say. Sheets were quickly tied together and used as ladders as guests climb out of the Amish View Inn and Suites in the 3100 block of Philadelphia Pike in Leacock Township, at 2:40 a.m. fire officials say. The hotel was 60% occupied with 110 guests when a vending/ice machine on the first floor appeared to start the blaze— filling the hotel with thick smoke. As the smokey haze billowed up to the third floor, guests crawled on the floor, br…

by Jillian Pikora

02/23/2023

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