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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 Motorcyclist Left In PA Road After Hit-Run, Police Say A motorcyclist was struck in the middle of a Pennsylvania road and the driver sped off, nearly a month later the driver has been identified, police assert. Travis Michael Seiple, 38, of Windsor is wanted on a warrant for striking a motorcyclist head-on, according to Lower Windsor Township police. The hit-and-run happened in the 300 block of Red Front Road in York at approximately 5:21 p.m. on July 31, police detailed in the release. The victim was "severely injured," the police said. The Lower Windsor Township Police Department filed charges at Magisterial…

by Jillian Pikora

08/29/2023

Obituaries

PA Amish Boy Tossed 84 Feet After Strike By SUV: Authorities An 11-year-old Amish boy was struck dead on Friday, authorities say. Samuel K. Fisher of Peach Bottom was riding a non-motorized scooter in the 1500 block of Slate Hill Road in Drumore when he was hit by a passing car on Aug. 25, the authorities told Daily Voice. He became "unconscious with severe injuries," and was being airlifted to Lancaster General Hospital when he "succumbed to his injuries," Pennsylvania State Police Trooper James Grothey said. An investigation by PA State Police determined Samuel exited his driveway into the road "without ensuring the roa…

by Jillian Pikora

08/29/2023

Police & Fire

Kitten Killed After PA Couple Ditches It In Dumpster At School, Police Say A married couple is accused of putting a kitten in a bag and ditching it in a dumpster behind an elementary school last month, authorities announced on Aug. 29. Kelly Lynne and Michael Andrew Wilson were spotted, acting suspiciously at Clay Elementary School on July 18, according to the release by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department. Investigators soon learned "that two individuals had abandoned a kitten in a bag near the dumpster on the property," as stated in the release. The kitten was found but "it was in extremely poor health," the police sa…

by Jillian Pikora

08/29/2023

Schools

2 Woodland Hills HS Seniors Found Dead, Shots Heard By Housing Authority, Police Say Two high school seniors were found dead in a street in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Monday. The two slain 17-year-old Woodland Hills High School students have been identified as Rimel Lamour Williamson and Nazir Parker, by the county medical examiner. A homicide investigation has been launched after an Allegheny County Housing Authority Officer found the student's bodies on Center Street in Braddock around 11 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27, according to county police. The Allegheny County Police Department's Homicide Unit was called to the area shortly after the housing authority of…

by Jillian Pikora

08/28/2023

Police & Fire

Trolley Fire Forces Evacuation At PA Dairy Farm: Police Nearly two dozen passengers were on a tour trolley that caught fire on Thursday, police announced on Monday. A Kreider Dairy Farms Tour Trolley was loaded up with passengers when the driver, a farm employee, noticed a malfunctioning problem causing a fire in the trolley's engine compartment while driving in the 1200 block of Lancaster Road, the Northern Lancaster Regional Police explained in a release on Aug. 28. The driver stopped the trolley near Park Hill Drive and safely evacuated all the passengers before the emergency crews arrived around 3:15 p.m. on Aug. 24, according to…

by Jillian Pikora

08/28/2023

Police & Fire

PA Convict Slashes Roommate In Chest, Neck With Kitchen Knife, Police Say A roommate was slashed across his neck and chest by a man supposedly on drugs just before midnight on Sunday, authorities announced the following day. Lee Allen Payne was in front of his home in the 100 block of North Pitt Street, Carlisle when the police arrived at 11:55 p.m. on Aug. 27, the department detailed in the release. The Carlisle PD was called by Payne's roommate due to his "drug activity," as stated in the release. The 46-year-old "attacked the caller with a large kitchen knife in the apartment after an argument," the roommate told officers. Officers saw "several s…

by Jillian Pikora

08/28/2023

Police & Fire

Firetruck Crashes On Way To Fire In Central PA While heading to literally put out a fire — a firetruck was involved in a crash. The North Middleton Fire Company engine 39 (pictured) was involved in a traffic accident around 8:44 p.m. Saturday, 26, 2023, according to a release by the company. The crash happened when the engine left Stone Church Road for an unknown reason while responding to a fire call in Lower Frankford Township. The crash "did not in any serious injuries [...] and did not involve any other vehicles or members of the public," as stated in the release. The company added that it is committed to transpar…

by Jillian Pikora

08/28/2023

Police & Fire

PA Man Impersonates 'Agent' Outfitted With Badge, Firearm — Again: Police A 55-year-old man showed up at a Pennsylvania business impersonating an agent — for the second time this year, police say. Sean Patrick Quick is playing dress up as an "agent" again, according to a release by West Earl Township Police. Daily Voice readers may recall this Ephrata resident previously "claimed he was a Department of Defense employee", but while displaying a Central Intelligence Agency badge at Ephrata National Bank on March 20, 2023, at 10:20 a.m., area police stated in a release in April. He "eventually admitted he was not a federal…

by Jillian Pikora

08/28/2023

Police & Fire

Restaurant Stabbing Calls Police To Central PA Hospital A stabbing at a restaurant sent police to an area hospital. Essence Fatima McGhie was arrested at 8:50 p.m. on Aug. 6 in connection with a stabbing following a fight outside Villa Nova at 1310 Harrisburg Pike, the Manheim Township police detailed in a release late in the month. The 29-year-old punched someone and then pulled a knife and stabbed the victim in the left hand – twice, according to the police. The victim went to Lancaster General Hospital for care, and soon the police were called and they explained their side of the story. McGhie was later arr…

by Jillian Pikora

08/28/2023

Real Estate

PA Diner Featured In TV Show Could Be Yours For $50K (Photos, Videos) The American Dream is for sale — or the diner is at least. A 1953 Deraffele stainless steel diner building is looking for a new owner and a new property. The building is listed for $50,000, on Facebook Marketplace. The building is famously known as the American Dream Diner which was featured in the 1985 opening credits of One Life To Live. You can spot the diner in the clip in the player below at the 14-second mark. (From Wiki) One Life to Live (often abbreviated as OLTL) is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968…

by Jillian Pikora

08/28/2023

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