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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

1 Dead, 2 Arrested ID'd After 'Active Shooting' in Lancaster (Update) An active shooting shuttered three blocks of three streets in Lancaster City on Wednesday, and now two teens are in custody and a man is dead, according to police. Jayziah Echevarria, 18, of Lancaster has been charged with "criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, firearms not to be carried without a license and recklessly endangering another person," the police announced around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Jomar Santos, 14, of Leola, has been charged "with criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, possession of a firearm by a minor, fire…

by Jillian Pikora

08/02/2023

Business

Thousands Of Doritos Recalled In Pennsylvania: FDA A voluntary recall has been issued for some bags of Doritos Nacho Cheese flavored corn chips in Pennsylvania, according to a release by the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday. Frito-Lay issued the voluntary recall for approximately 7,000 bags of the cheesy chips. The reason for the recall is that the chips "may contain undeclared soy and wheat ingredients from spicy sweet chili tortilla chips," the company stated in a release shared with the FDA on Aug. 1. If you have soy or wheat allegreries or severe sensitivity to soy or wheat, you run the risk of illness if you consume these pr…

by Jillian Pikora

08/02/2023

Police & Fire

York City Boy Goes Missing: Police A 13-year-old York City boy is missing, area police announced on Aug. 1, 2023. Yasiel Salgado was last seen in the 800 block of Madison Avenue around 6 p.m. on July 31, according to the York City police. "He was last seen wearing a black shirt with camo pants," the police said. The York City Police are asking the public's help in finding Yasiel. Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to contact the York City Police in any of the following ways: Email Detective Commander Andy Baez abaez@yorkcity.org. Call the York City Police Tip Line at 717-849-2204. Cal…

by Jillian Pikora

08/02/2023

Obituaries

PA Man ID'd After Helicopter Entangled In Wires Crashes On Ohio Highway A 36-year-old Pennsylvania pilot is dead after his helicopter struck power lines, lost control, and crashed in a field near an Ohio highway on Saturday afternoon, authorities say. Isaac Lee Santos, of Gettysburg, was flying a Bell 206L-4 helicopter over East Possum Road near Interstate 70 by mile marker 58 when his helicopter became entangled in power lines just outside Springfield around 12:10 p.m. on July 29, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The helicopter owned by Helicopter Applicators Inc. of Gettysburg was found in a cornfield the National Transportation Safety Board told…

by Jillian Pikora

08/01/2023

Police & Fire

NY Man Stabs Ex-Girlfriend With Kitchen Knife In PA, Police Say A New York man stabbed his ex-girlfriend "in the legs several times" with a kitchen knife on July 31, 2023, police say. David Hernandez, 36, of Syracuse, grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed his former girlfriend at a home on the 500 block of North State Street in Ephrata just after noon on Monday, area police detailed. The police investigation revealed the couple got into an argument prior to the stabbing. He claimed he came to the home to "retrieve belongings from his former girlfriend," as stated in the police release The woman was given aid at the scene befo…

by Jillian Pikora

08/01/2023

Police & Fire

PA Sheetz Shooting Suspect Found By US Marshals: Police The man supposedly responsible for a shooting at a Pennsylvania Sheetz was located by US Marshals, but they didn't arrest him, police explained on Friday, Aug. 4. Angelo Christopher Rice, 21, of Carlisle, was wanted in connection with the shooting of another man at the Sheetz at 1098 Harrisburg Pike near Carlisle, the Cumberland County District Attorney and Middlesex Township Police explained in an announcement on Aug. 2. The shooting injured a man on Wednesday, July 26 around 6 p.m. He was taken to Penn State Holy Spirit Medical Center in Camp Hill, according to an earlier…

by Jillian Pikora

08/01/2023

Police & Fire

Missing Endangered Alert Canceled: PA State Police UPDATE: Darryl Palmer was "located and is safe," Pennsylvania state police announce late on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. The Missing Endangered Person Advisory has been canceled. No additional information was released. ORIGINAL: A 60-year-old man is missing and could be at risk of harm or injury, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. Darryl Palmer was last seen in the area of the 6200 block of Main Street, Salisbury Township, around 10 p.m. on July 30, 2023, state police explained. The Lancaster County man is described as 5’5″ tall, 150 lbs with grey hair with …

by Jillian Pikora

08/01/2023

Traffic

Two Fatal Crashes In Central PA: PennDOT Two fatal crashes halted traffic in Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning authorities told Daily Voice. As of 11 a.m. on Aug. 1st, lane restriction had just been lifted on Route 22 West/322 between the Midway and PA 34-Newport/New Bloomfield exits. The deadly single-vehicle crash happened around 7 a.m., according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. There was entrapment in the crash, but the number of persons in the vehicle and their identities have not been released. The crash happened between two work zones—but not in any work zone itself,&nbs…

by Jillian Pikora

08/01/2023

Traffic

2 Crashes Shutter I-81 In Southcentral PA: PennDOT (Developing) Two multi-vehicle crashes halted all traffic on Interstate 81 in Southcentral Pennsylvania on Monday evening. The first crash happened just before 4 p.m. on July 31, 2023. The crash was in the northbound lanes between exits 20: PA 997 - Scotland and 24:PA 696 - Fayette Street, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The first crash was between a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The second crash happened just after 4:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-81 between the same exits…

by Jillian Pikora

07/31/2023

Obituaries

Murder-Suicide: 'Soulmate' Husband Kills Author Wife In PA A self-described "lifestyle influencer" and author died in an apparent murder-suicide in Central Pennsylvania, authorities told Daily Voice on July 31, 2023. Jeffrey "Jeff" Scott Wenrich, 63, and his wife, Tharifah "Tharifa" Wenrich, 64, were found shot to death at their home in the 100 block of Scottsdale Drive by a family member around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Mifflinburg Police told Daily Voice. Jeff is believed to have shot Tharia and then turned the gun on himself sometime between 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. on July 30. The couple lived together at the home, no one else was involv…

by Jillian Pikora

07/31/2023

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