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Jillian Pikora

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. Over the past decade, she has worked as a staff reporter and freelance writer at Sisters Magazine, The Tempest, Huffington Post, CairoScene, and several other outlets. Prior to joining Daily Voice, Jillian worked as a digital news editor at Hearst's local NBC affiliate, WGAL News 8. She currently manages and reports stories in Pennsylvania for Daily Voice.

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Police & Fire

Unconscious 12-Year-Girl Raped By Camp Hill Man, Police Allege A 12-year-old girl was rape while she was unconscious and a Cumberland County man has been charged with the assault, police announced on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Anthony Cornett, 21, of Camp Hill, was charged on Thursday, Sept. 5 by Lower Allen Township Police following an investigation. The victim, who is now an adult, cam forward about the assault around 10:40 a.m. on Monday, July 22, 2024, according to the police. He was charged with felony counts rape of an unconscious victim and sexual assault, according to the police and confirmed by court documents. Cornett was arraigned …

by Jillian Pikora

10/09/2024

Police & Fire

Missing Endangered Alert: Pennsylvania Man Last Seen In Maryland A missing endangered person alert has been issued for a South Central Pennsylvania man who was last seen in Maryland, police announced Wednesday night, Oct. 9. Harry Joseph Runkle was just 10 days shy of his 77th birthday when he went missing, according to the York County Regional Police. Runkle is from the 4900 block of N. Sherman Street in Mount Wolf, East Manchester Township, police explained. He was last seen at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9. He could be driving a 2005 Grey Hyundai Santa Fe with the PA license plate "ERG7345." He is…

by Jillian Pikora

10/09/2024

News

Third Man Charged For 2022 Slaying Of PA Dad: Court Documents A third man has been arrested in connection with the killing of 27-year-old Shaheim "Mugga" Carr of York, on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, court documents show. The dad of two was found shot dead in the 300 block of West Philadelphia Street in York at 11:13 a.m. on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, as Daily Voice first reported. Furman Dennis III, now 21 (19 at the time of the shooting), of York, is the forth person to have been arrested in connection with his death, as WGAL News 8 reported. On July 11, 2022, 26-year-old Jacquez Davon Brown— who was out on bail for witness int…

by Jillian Pikora

10/09/2024

News

Baltimore Woman Struck Dead In York ID'd, Coroner Searching For Next Of Kin A Maryland native has been identifed as a pedestrian who died days after she was struck in Pennsylvania, the York County Coroner's Office announced on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Ruth "Helen" Emel, 72, originally of Baltimore, most recently of the 300 block of West Market Street York City, died at Wellspan York Hospital at 11:20 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, the coroner explained and as detailed on her social media. Emel had been walking in the crosswalk when she was struck by a vehicle that was turning onto W. Market Street from N. Penn Street around 5:19 p.m. on Wednesday, O…

by Jillian Pikora

10/09/2024

Police & Fire

PA Robber, Child Rapist Nabbed By US Marshals In MD Found Dead In Cell A robber — who was caught by US Marshals in Northern Maryland in July 2023 — has died in prison while serving time for raping a child, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. Anthony James Raimo, 35 at the time of his arrest, of the 700 block of Harrisburg Pike, Dillsburg, was arrested on July 7, 2023, by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Washington County, MD Sheriff's Office, as Daily Voice previously reported. Raimo, now 37, was found unresponsive in his cell at State Correctional Institution in Houtzdale, PA, on October 8, 2024, accord…

by Jillian Pikora

10/09/2024

Business

Big Lots To Close 5 More Pennsylvania Stores Things have gotten worse for the discount retailer Big Lots. The national chain was previously set to close approximately 300 stores, then they decided to close 40 more, but following a new filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission on Friday, Oct. 4, the impending closure of another 150 stores nationwide has been announced. The store closures are part Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. This latest round brings the total number of planned and completed closures to about 500. Big Lots had 73 stores located in the Keystone State when this process started, at the tim…

by Jillian Pikora

10/09/2024

News

Philly Murderer Arrested For Killing In Springettsbury: Police (Update) A convicted murderer has been arrested after two people were found dead in South Central Pennsylvania on Wednesday morning, Oct. 9, authorities say. Rangel Vangas, 53, most recently of York but previously of Philadelphia, was arrested on the scene of the double slaying and charged with two counts of Criminal Homicide, Springettsbury Township police detailed in a release. Vangas is a convicted murderer, according to state and federal court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Officers had been called to an assault in the 3200 block of Eastern Boulevard in Springettsbury …

by Jillian Pikora

10/09/2024

Traffic

Tractor-Trailer Rollover Crash Causes Delays On I-81: PennDOT A tractor-trailer rolled over on Interstate 81 on-ramp in Cumberland County on Wednesday morning, Oct. 9, according to officials. Only the trailer flipped at the on-ramp from Exit 52 — Route 11/New Kingston/Middlesex, from Route 11 to I-81 South, according to PennDOT's 511PA traffic cameras. First responders were called to the crash around 9:20 a.m., according to 511PA. There is no word of any injuries as of 10:30 a.m. PennDOT and the county are urging travelers to avoid the area. There is a right lane restriction on I-81 South at Exit 52 (Middlesex) due to an overturned tractor trail…

by Jillian Pikora

10/09/2024

Police & Fire

Woman, Teen Hospitalized After Escaping Ephrata House Fire: Reports (Photos) A teenage hero and the woman he rescued from an Ephrata house fire are in the hospital, according to reports citing fire officials. The call to the fire in the 100 block of East Chestnut Street came into Lancaster County Wide Communications at 5:05 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, according to dispatch logs. The blaze soon closed the street near Grape Alley, as Fox43 reported. A neighbor came to rescue a resident and a dog from the home the outlet explained citing Jim Kiefer, the PIO for Ephrata Fire Co., who noted that two people were injured and taken to the hospital. The pair …

by Jillian Pikora

10/09/2024

Traffic

Fatal Crash In Lower Paxton Township Closed Rt 22 In Both Directions: PennDOT A fatal crash closed Route 22 in both directions, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The deadly crash involved a passenger vehicle and a motorcycle on Rt 22 West around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, Schreffler said. "One person was transported to a local hospital with injuries," local police also said. The crash prompted a closure of Rt 22 in both directions between Mountain and Blue Ribbon roads in Lower Paxton Township. The roadway was estimated to reopen at 11:45 pm. according to PennDOT's 511PA, but it fully r…

by Jillian Pikora

10/08/2024

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