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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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News

Dog Shot On New Year's Eve In Central Pennsylvania: Police A dog was shot New Year's Eve in central Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Tuesday, January 10. "An unknown Black male, described as 5'10" with shoulder length dreads, shot a dog upon encountering the dog as he walked west on Locust Lane," the Susquehanna Township police say. He fired one round and kept walking west, turning onto 24th Street, according to the release. The dog was shot in the 2400 block of Locust Lane around 1:30 p.m., the police detail in the release. It is unclear if the dog survived. Anyone with information or who witnessed this incident is asked to contact Det. Cp…

by Jillian Pikora

01/11/2023

News

Missing Chambersburg Teen With Maryland Ties: Pennsylvania State Police The second girl from Chambersburg and the fourth Pennsylvania teenage girl has been reported as missing by Pennsylvania state police in a release on Tuesday, January 10. Kylese Anna Seman, 15, was last seen in the Chambersburg area on Jan. 9, according to the release. Her current whereabouts are unknown, the police say. Seman also has connections to Hagerstown, Maryland, the police detail in the release. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact PSP in Chambersburg at 717-264-5161 using the incident number is PA2023-39288.

by Jillian Pikora

01/11/2023

News

Smokey The Bear Stolen Off State Park Sign In PA The face of the longest-running public service campaign in US history has been stolen from Pennsylvania. That's right Smokey Bear, as known as Smokey The Bear, could not prevent himself from being bearnapped, but you can help find him and maybe have a payday too. The 79-year-old social media influencer has hundreds of thousands of followers on his Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, and Twitter accounts where he warns the public about the dangers of forest fires and how to prevent them. But his celebrity status made him a target and "on the night of Friday, December 16th or e…

by Jillian Pikora

01/10/2023

Business

Multi-Millions In Fire Damage At Hershey Farm Restaurant (Videos) Fire crews are battling a massive blaze at Hershey Farm Restaurant and Inn in Strasburg Township, authorities say. The fire in the 200 block of Hartman Bridge Road was first reported to dispatchers at 11:50 a.m. The fire started inside of the restaurant while only employees were inside, according to Pennsylvania state police. No injuries have been reported. The business is right next door to the Sight and Sound Theatres, where Jonathan Bartel is a production programmer. He shared pictures of the fire writing "Hershey Farm is on fire! It is completely lost at this point. My heart goes out t…

by Jillian Pikora

01/10/2023

Police & Fire

NJ Native Bites Multiple Officers Over $6 Theft At PA Walmart: Police A $6 shoplifting incident at a Pennsylvania Walmart that sent five police officers on a foot chase— two were bitten by the suspect, according to a police release on Tuesday, January 10. Rygo Alexander Kingsley, 23, currently of Lancaster, PA, and native to North Brunswick, NJ, was acting "suspicious" at the Walmart located at 2030 Fruitville Pike on Nov. 29, 2022, authorities say. Manheim Township police were called to the store as part of the "on-going investigation against him for retail theft," as stated in the release by the department. The person who called the police knew Kingsley an…

by Jillian Pikora

01/10/2023

News

Found Chambersburg Teen Missing Since Christmas Eve, State Police Say UPDATE Feryi Sarate-Mancio has been found safe on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023; no additional details have been released. The state police thank the public for their assistance. Chambersburg: *UPDATE* Feryi SERATE-MANCIO was located on 01/11/21. Thank you everyone who shared. — Trooper Megan Frazer (@PSPTroopHPIO) January 11, 2023 ORIGINAL A 15-year-old from Chambersburg has been missing since Christmas Eve, according to a release by the Pennsylvania state police on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Feryi Sarate-Mancio was reported missing on Jan. 3, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Megan Frazier s…

by Jillian Pikora

01/10/2023

News

Non-Verbal Wheelchair-Bound Man Abandoned By Caretaker In Car In Central PA, Police Say In only a t-shirt and shorts, a non-verbal wheelchair-bound 34-year-old man was found abandoned by his caretaker, authorities say. The paid caregiver 63-year-old Joseph Mbugua Munyambu, on Jan. 7 at 10:53 a.m., according to a release by the Middletown Borough police. Officers were first called to the 100 Block of Pathfinder Drive for an abuse/neglect call around 9:30 a.m. A witness saw "an unattended male in the backseat of a parked vehicle for an extended period of time, and the vehicle was not running," according to a release by the department the following Monday.…

by Jillian Pikora

01/09/2023

News

Road Rage Suspect Sought By Camp Hill Police A road rage incident happened on Friday, Jan. 6, the Camp Hill police say. The white, older model Hyundai Santa Fe SUV pictured was involved in a road rage incident that occurred in the 100 block of November Drive in Camp Hill around 4:40 p.m., according to a release by the department the following Monday. The police are asking the public for assistance identifying the vehicle's driver and passenger. The vehicle was last seen driving westbound on April Drive, possibly toward Trindle Road. Details about the road rage incident were not release. Anyone wit…

by Jillian Pikora

01/09/2023

Police & Fire

Road Rage Man Points Gun At Teens In Harrisburg, State Police Say A road rage incident escalated to the point where a man pulled out a gun and pointed it at a group of teenagers on Dec. 17, 2022, according to a release by the Pennsylvania state police on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. The teenagers, a 17-year-old Hershey girl, and two Harrisburg boys, an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old, were in traffic at the intersection of Jonestown Road and Allentown Boulevard when 54-year-old Ronald Lee Baum of Harrisburg pulled out the gun around 2:05 p.m., as detailed in the release. What led up to the incident was not released. Baum was charged o…

by Jillian Pikora

01/09/2023

Police & Fire

Insurance Salesman Uses Baseball Bat In Beatdown In Central PA: Police An insurance salesman in Cumberland County has been after he beat a neighbor and their vehicle with a baseball bat on Jan. 6., authorities say. The Upper Allen police were called to the home of 27-year-old Judson Parker Masland who was involved in a fight outside his residence on the 300 block of Melbourne Lane, Mechanicsburg. at around 8 p.m. During the fight, Masland used a baseball bat to cause "bodily injury" to a neighbor and their car, according to the police release. The Carlisle native has been held at the Cumberland County prison on charges of aggravated assault with a …

by Jillian Pikora

01/09/2023

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