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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

Airborne Crash Kills Retired Dauphin County Deeds Clerk: Authorities A woman who served the Dauphin County community for over 20 years has died in an airborne crash on Tuesday, Jan. 3, authorities say. Gloria M. Enders, 80, was driving her 2012 Chevrolet Malibu south in the 600 block of North River Road/State Route 147 when she crossed the double yellow line while negotiating a curve the police detailed in a release in the days following the crash. Her Malibu struck two trees— became airborne— and crash-landed in a nearby field, according to the release. State police were called to the scene of the crash where she wa…

by Jillian Pikora

01/05/2023

Police & Fire

Update Two 'Expected To Survive' Following Serious Crash In Lancaster, Police Say Two elderly people are expected to survive after reportedly being in critical condition— one with "life-threatening injuries"— following a "serious crash" in Lancaster on Wednesday, Jan. 4, city police announced in an updated release the following afternoon. Officers were called to the two-vehicle crash in the 300 block of N. Plum Street around 6 p.m. Upon arrival, they discovered the struck vehicle was unoccupied and Lancaster City fire department personnel were extricating the trapped pair from the occupied vehicle. Both persons were taken to a local hospital, according …

by Jillian Pikora

01/05/2023

Police & Fire

Maryland Man Captured By PA State Police Fleeing Hit-Run In Chambersburg: Authorities A Maryland man struck a pedestrian and fled in Chambersburg on Wednesday, Jan. 4, authorities say. Edio Estuardo-Melendrez of Hagerstown, was arrested fleeing the scene at the intersection of S. Second and E. Mckinley streets around 9:20 p.m. by Pennsylvania state police, according to the Chambersburg police department. The pedestrian suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to an area hospital, the police explain in a release. He was charged with accidents involving death or personal injury and taken to Franklin County Jail, according to the release. Court documents were…

by Jillian Pikora

01/05/2023

Obituaries

York County Mom Of Two Killed In Tractor-Trailer Hit-Run On I-83 After Fall: Authorities A mom of two teenagers was struck dead by a tractor-trailer after a fall while on a walk with a friend near Interstate 83 in central Pennsylvania, authorities say. Kristi S. Why, 37, who is listed as having no fixed address, has been identified and her cause of death has been determined after a deadly hit and run on Arsenal Road at the ramp for I-83 in Manchester Township on Dec. 28 around 9 p.m., according to a release by the York County Coroner's office on Tuesday, Jan. 3. She had fallen while walking and injured herself and didn't have time to get back up before she was struck by t…

by Jillian Pikora

01/04/2023

Obituaries

GOT HIM! Second Man Arrested In Kidnapping, Killing Of 25-Year-Old Woman: Police A second man has been arrested on homicide charges in connection with the death of a popular local poet, authorities announced just hours after sharing his wanted poster on Jan. 4.. Paige Nikole Kibe, 25, was found near River Road in Bratton Township on Friday, Dec. 16, according to an earlier release by state police. Michael Jason Kennedy, 44, of Yeagertown, was arrested and charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and kidnapping, among 13 other offenses related to Kibe's disappearance and killing on Dec. 21, state police explain in the release and court documents confirm. …

by Jillian Pikora

01/04/2023

Police & Fire

Brother Of Wanted Man, Son Of Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Standoff In Central PA The younger brother of a wanted man and son of a registered sex offender has been arrested following a standoff on Tuesday, Jan. 3, authorities say. Nofil Gulfam Swati, 26, had called 911 after a threat posted on social media was causing concern, according to a release around 6 p.m. by the Lower Paxton Township police. When they arrived at the home in the 2400 block of Kensington Way around 9:30 a.m. and approached the front door, an officer heard "what sounded like a gunshot inside the home," as stated in the police release. Officers surrounded the home and made contact with the only p…

by Jillian Pikora

01/03/2023

News

Ephrata Grocery Store Employee Helped Known Robber Steal Safe Full Of Cash, Police Say The same man who allegedly committed an armed robbery at an Ephrata Turkey Hill has been charged in connection with burglarizing Ebenezer Groceries with the help of an employee, area police announced on Jan. 3. Six months after the grocery store was burglarized, Colby Q. Mummaw and Kayla Marie Singley, both 27 years old parents from Ephrata, have been accused of conspiring in the theft. Singley, "an acquaintance" of Mummaw's worked at the store at the time and allegedly provide him with the information which helped in the theft. Mummaw broke into the store and stole …

by Jillian Pikora

01/03/2023

News

TASER Device Used On NY Man Running With Over 1 lb Of Fentanyl On I-80 In PA: State Police A New York man led police on a foot chase on Interstate 80 in central Pennsylvania after a traffic stop led police to spot "indicators of criminal activity," Pennsylvania state police say. Edgar Meiendez-Rosario, 34, of Jamestown, New York, was pulled over for a traffic violation on I-80 in Clinton County on December 19 around 4:30 p.m., the police explain. After the "criminal activity" indicators were observed, Meiendez-Rosario "tried to flee the scene on foot with a backpack," as stated by the police. A TASER device was used on Meiendez-Rosario and he was taken into…

by Jillian Pikora

01/03/2023

News

Maryland Man Traveled To New York For 'Relationship' With 13-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl: DA A judge sentenced a man after confessing to committing sex crimes with a minor “as intentional, premeditated, and planned as you can get," Assistant Lancaster County District Attorney Fritz Haverstick says. Mirza Ahmed, a 30-year-old from Catonsville, Maryland, began an "online relationship" turn real-life sexual relationship with a 13-year-old East Lampeter Township girl in 2020, the DA's office announced in a release on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Ahmed traveled to New York and then to Columbia, PA to pick up the girl and take her to a room at the Spruce Lane Lodge and Co…

by Jillian Pikora

01/03/2023

Police & Fire

Update Woman ID'd Following Deadly House Fire: Lancaster County Coroner A woman found died following a house fire in Lancaster County on Tuesday, Jan. 3, has been identified, authorities say. Anna Mason, 80, was found dead in the home at Millwood Road near Fannie Avenue in West Lampeter Township after the fire began around 8:40 a.m., according to the county coroner's office. An autopsy will be done to determine the cause and manner of death, the office says. The road was briefly closed as crews remained on the scene. The cause of the fire has not been released, nor has Mason's cause or manner of death. Follow Daily Voice for updates. …

by Jillian Pikora

01/03/2023

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