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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

News

4-Year-Old Boy Shot In Head In Critical Condition As Mom Battles Stage 4 Cancer, PA Family Says Details about the shooting of a 4-year-old boy in western Pennsylvania have been shared by his family. Westmoreland County Detectives and Rostraver Township Police are investigating the shooting of the young boy that happened around 1:45 a.m. on Thursday, July 6, 2023. The police were called to Gaudio Drive in Rostraver Township after the 4-year-old was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. The boy was identified Ronnie Lynn by his grandfather Walter in a GoFundMe he launched over the weekend. Ronnie was airlifted to UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. Let's pray f…

by Jillian Pikora

07/08/2023

Police & Fire

PA Mom's Lies Force Infant's Unnecessary Surgery: Police An infant underwent an "extensive in-patient hospitalization period lasting over 20 days as well as a gastrostomy tube being surgically placed into the child’s stomach" due to false claims by their mom, police announced on Friday, July 7, 2023. Briana Byers, 25, of Lancaster, "had been inventing symptoms and exaggerating normal behavior which led to significant over-hospitalization and medical treatment of her child," City police stated in the release. The police first learned of this possible Munchausen syndrome by proxy case by a Childline report in May 2023. An investigation was launche…

by Jillian Pikora

07/07/2023

Police & Fire

Undercover Officers Run Sex Sting On Central PA Men: PSP Undercover officers posing as sex workers led to the arrest of men from four Central Pennsylvania counties, State Police explained in a release on Friday, July 7, 2023. The men were caught during an operation that involved female officers posing as sex workers and placing ads on various internet sites offering to perform sex acts in exchange for money, according to police. The operation was conducted by the State Police Carlisle Criminal Investigation Unit, along with members of the Cumberland County District Attorney's Office CID Unit. The men agree to pay the woman and m…

by Jillian Pikora

07/07/2023

Police & Fire

Arrestee Dies After 3 Days In The York County Prison: Authorities A 39-year-old Columbia, PA man who was arrested exactly three days ago has died in the York County Prison, authorities announced on Friday, July 7, 2023. Haywood Dixon Jr. was declared dead at 12:06 a.m. following a cardiac arrest in the prison, according to County Coroner Pam Gay. His death was certified by Gay and Deputy Coroner Molly York. Haywood reportedly declined routine medical care on Thursday night, the prison staff told Gay. Later that evening, he began to complain of chest pain and shortness of breath. He soon became unresponsive and EMS was called, according to the release. …

by Jillian Pikora

07/07/2023

Traffic

Gas Leak Shutters Penn Square In Lancaster: Police (Update) A gas leak closed Penn Square in Lancaster on Friday, July 7, 2023. All vehicle traffic at Penn Square was diverted north onto Queen Street, according to a post by the Lancaster Bureau of Police. The leak appears to have involved a boiler in the area of East King and North Duke streets in the City, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. "No foot traffic (was) allowed in 100 Block East King," police said. UGI has cleared the scene, according to the police and dispatch.

by Jillian Pikora

07/07/2023

News

Pedestrian Getting Mail When Struck Dead In Lititz: Police (Update) New details have been released about a crash that killed a man earlier this month. The Lancaster County Coroner's office was called to the crash scene on July 7, 2023, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. Clinton Rohrer, 97, of Lititz, has been identified as the victim of the deadly crash by the coroner's office. The crash happened in the 700 block of Doe Run Road by West Lexington Road in Lititz, Penn Township at 6:47 a.m., according to LCWC. The preliminary investigation suggested that Rohrer had driven a “gator” (side-by-side all-terrain vehicle) to …

by Jillian Pikora

07/07/2023

Obituaries

1-Year-Old Girl Struck Dead In PA Parking Lot Witnessed By 8-Year-Old Brother: Reports Four siblings were playing in the parking lot by the swing set outside their apartment complex when the youngest — 1-year-old Arionna Porter— was struck dead, and her 8-year-old brother saw it happen, the family told multiple media outlets. Ariel Coover's daughter was hit by her neighbor's silver SUV in the parking lot of the Eastland Apartments in the 900 block of East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard, North Versailles on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, she explained to WTAE and authorities confirmed. In addition to Coover's older children, numerous neighbors witnessed the deadly incident and calle…

by Jillian Pikora

07/07/2023

News

Man Struck Dead Crossing Rt. 30 ID'd: Coroner A man in a crosswalk near Route 30 was struck dead on Thursday morning, according to the York County coroner's office. A truck struck 49-year-old Russell Conley of the 1700 block of Devers Road, York City, dead at 1:36 a.m., according to an updated release by the coroner's office. The collision happened in the crosswalk by Rutter's at the corner of Locucks Road/Route 30 and Pennsylvania Avenue, on July 6, 2023, according to the coroner's release. The truck driver stopped, stayed on the scene, and is cooperating with the York County Regional Police Department, Coroner Pam …

by Jillian Pikora

07/06/2023

Police & Fire

Homicide Suspect Arrested For Shooting By Recovery House Of Worship York A 22-year-old man has been arrested six months to the day after a deadly shooting in York City, area police announced on Thursday, July 6, 2023. Stephon Damieen Brown, 22, of New Freedom, has been arrested on charged with homicide for the shooting death of Demetres Lewis. Demetres Lewis, 34, of the 1000 block of Edison Street in York was pronounced dead from multiple gunshot wounds in the 100 block of South Belvidere Street in York City on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 12:33 a.m. by Chief Deputy Coroner Tania Zech, according to a release the night after the shooting. This is directly outside …

by Jillian Pikora

07/06/2023

Police & Fire

'Riotous' Teens With Gun Disrupt Central PA Fireworks: Police Five teenagers have been charged after 'riotous behavior' and carrying a gun through the crowd at the Linglestown fireworks display on July 3, police announced on Wednesday. Lower Paxton Township Police were to the fireworks show at Koons Park following reports of "active assaults" in the moments before the fireworks were lit. The teens' "riotous behavior" included throwing things, and blocking the roadways, followed by criminal behavior while fleeing the police. When the teens were caught a stolen .40 caliber Taurus pistol was found on one of them, the police said. They were all ch…

by Jillian Pikora

07/06/2023

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