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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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Police & Fire
10-Year-Old Takes Younger Brother On 3-Mile Wrong Way Police Pursuit Crashing Into Pole In PA 10-Year-Old Takes Younger Brother On 3-Mile Wrong Way Police Pursuit Crashing Into Pole In PA
10-Year-Old Takes Younger Brother On 3-Mile Wrong Way Police Pursuit Crashing Into Pole In PA Hours before the snow began to fall, a 10-year-old boy apparently took his 6-year-old brother on a holiday joy ride in the wrong direction throughout Gettysburg on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, Pennsylvania state police say.  Troopers first noticed the children in the 2005 Ford Explorer as it was traveling west without any lights on York Street in Gettysburg Borough at 11:55 p.m., the police detailed in a release the following day.  As the Explorer sped around a traffic circle the wrong way, PSP troopers turned on their vehicle's lights and sirens in an attempt to stop the vehicl…

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Schools
York Girl Goes Missing From School: Police York Girl Goes Missing From School: Police
York Girl Goes Missing From School: Police A York girl was seen near her school just before she went missing on Thursday, Dec. 22, authorities say.  Kiaraliz Quesenberry was last seen in the area of East King and South Sherman streets wearing the outfit in the photo of her on the stairs. No additional information was released.  Anyone with information regarding Quesenberry's whereabouts is asked to email Det. Baez: abaez@yorkcity.org or call the police using one of the following numbers: York City Police Tip Line at 717-849-2204 York City Police Department at 717-846-1234 or 717-849-2219.

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News
'Suspicious Death' Of Woman Found In Central PA Garden Police Say 'Suspicious Death' Of Woman Found In Central PA Garden Police Say
'Suspicious Death' Of Woman Found In Central PA Garden Police Say A criminal investigation has been launched after a woman's body was found under "suspicious" circumstances, authorities say.  The body was found in Harrisburg's Sunken Garden in Riverfront Park along North Front Street near Verbeke Street on Thursday, December 22, 2022, around 11:30 a.m., according to a release by area police that evening.  Officers called to the scene "immediately initiated" an investigation which is ongoing.  "The cause of death has not yet been determined, but the incident is being investigated as a criminal matter until determined otherwise," the police …

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News
Shallow Grave Unearthed 'Missing Mary Ann' Not Found, But Husband Charged With Homicide: DA Shallow Grave Unearthed 'Missing Mary Ann' Not Found, But Husband Charged With Homicide: DA
Shallow Grave Unearthed 'Missing Mary Ann' Not Found, But Husband Charged With Homicide: DA New evidence, including handwriting analysis testing, and "decades of hard work and dedication by law enforcement personnel" has led to the arrest of a woman's estranged husband 38 years after she went missing, authorities announced in a release and at a press conference on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.  Mary Ann Bagenstose, 25 years old at the time of her disappearance, was last seen at her home located at 167 Willow Street, Pequea Township on June 5, 1984, authorities say.  Bagenstose was last seen by her estranged husband, Jere Musser Bagenstose the morning she disappeared, he&…

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News
Franklin County Teen Goes Missing For Second Time In Two Months Franklin County Teen Goes Missing For Second Time In Two Months
Franklin County Teen Goes Missing For Second Time In Two Months Just two months after he was safely located, a Waynesboro 15-year-old has disappeared from his home yet again, authorities say. Jaxson Charles Knight was reported missing on Wednesday, Dec. 21 around 4 p.m. He last was missing and was later found on Sept. 8, according to Washington Township police.  Knight is described as having black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with any information on Knight's whereabouts is asked to contact the police at 717-762-1447.

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Police & Fire
Septic Truck Crash Kills 23-Year-Old Maryland Man: York County Coroner Septic Truck Crash Kills 23-Year-Old Maryland Man: York County Coroner
Septic Truck Crash Kills 23-Year-Old Maryland Man: York County Coroner A 23-year-old Whitehall Maryland man died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash involving a septic truck in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon, authorities say.  Jacob Bertazon was heading north on Barrens Road with he crossed over the double yellow line for an unknown reason near the intersection of Barton Circle striking a septic tanker truck on Dec. 21 around  2:30 p.m., according to the York County coroner's officer and Pennsylvania state police.  Bertazon died an accidental death due to multiple blunt-force trauma, as certified by Deputy Coroner Milly Y…

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News
Attempted Homicide At Central PA Hotel: Police Attempted Homicide At Central PA Hotel: Police
Attempted Homicide At Central PA Hotel: Police A Harrisburg man has been arrested in connection with a homicide attempt at a central Pennsylvania hotel on Sunday, authorities say.  The Lower Paxton Township Bureau of police officers were called to a report of two men fighting and shots being fired at the Woodspring Suites located at 6351 Chelton Avenue on Dec. 18 at 11:15 p.m., according to a release by the department.  At the hotel, police officers arrested 43-year-old Aaron Rios. Following an investigation he was charged with felons for Criminal Attempt Homicide, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and Firearms Not To Be Carried W…

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Police & Fire
Woman In Marked Crosswalk Struck Dead By Dump Truck In Pittsburgh: Authorities Woman In Marked Crosswalk Struck Dead By Dump Truck In Pittsburgh: Authorities
Woman In Marked Crosswalk Struck Dead By Dump Truck In Pittsburgh: Authorities A woman in her 70s was struck dead by a dump truck in Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon, authorities say.  The unidentified woman was hit while crossing the street in the 5000 block of Second Avenue in Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood on Dec. 21 at 1:44 p.m., according to a release by Pittsburgh Public Safety.  The driver of the dump truck stayed on the scene where the woman was later declared deceased. Footage of the scene obtained by WPXI shows the dump truck stopped on the crosswalk which was marked and signed.  An investigation into the crash is ongoing, by the Colli…

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News
Poetic Justice: PA State Police Bust Man For Allegedly Kidnapping, Killing Bratton Bard Poetic Justice: PA State Police Bust Man For Allegedly Kidnapping, Killing Bratton Bard
Poetic Justice: PA State Police Bust Man For Allegedly Kidnapping, Killing Bratton Bard Five days after a popular local poet was found shot dead, her alleged kidnapper and killer has been arrested Pennsylvania state police say. 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, state police explain in the release and court documents confirm. Kennedy remains in the Mifflin County Prison after bail …

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Ephrata Man Hospitalized After Rescuing Roommate From Fire: Police Ephrata Man Hospitalized After Rescuing Roommate From Fire: Police
Ephrata Man Hospitalized After Rescuing Roommate From Fire: Police A man has been hospitalized after "pulling his roommate from the smoke-charged first-floor apartment," Ephrata police say. The fire broke out in the fire floor apartment in the 300 Block of West Main Street, Ephrata Borough on Tuesday,  Dec. 20, at 7:22 p.m., according to a release by the police department the following day, After crews learned there was possible entrapment, the Ephrata police department, ambulance, Pioneer Fire Company, and local mutual aid fire departments were dispatched. "The first arriving police officer and firefighter assisted a resident" with the rescue of the…

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