Jillian Pikora

Deputy Managing Editor

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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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Elizabethtown, PA
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Elizabethtown School Threat Leads To Juvenile's Arrest: Police Elizabethtown School Threat Leads To Juvenile's Arrest: Police Elizabethtown School Threat Leads To Juvenile's Arrest: Police
Elizabethtown School Threat Leads To Juvenile's Arrest: Police A juvenile has been arrested after police investigated a potential threat to a Pennsylvania middle school, authorities announced on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The investigation involved Elizabethtown Middle School, located at 600 East Park Street in Elizabethtown Borough, Lancaster County according to the Elizabethtown Police Department. The incident was reported at approximately 7:20 a.m. Tuesday, police said. Officers with the Elizabethtown Police Department and detectives with the Lancaster County Detectives Office investigated allegations of a potential threat involving school safety. Following…

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Lower Paxton, PA
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Driver Tried To Ram Police Cruiser Head-On During High-Speed Chase In Lower Paxton: Police Driver Tried To Ram Police Cruiser Head-On During High-Speed Chase In Lower Paxton: Police Driver Tried To Ram Police Cruiser Head-On During High-Speed Chase In Lower Paxton: Police
Driver Tried To Ram Police Cruiser Head-On During High-Speed Chase In Lower Paxton: Police A high-speed chase in Pennsylvania nearly ended in a head-on crash when a fleeing driver allegedly tried to ram a police cruiser, forcing an officer off the road to avoid being struck, authorities said. Ira Green, 28, was arrested following the pursuit in Lower Paxton Township on Thursday, Oct. 29, according to a police release issued Monday, Nov. 2. The incident began near Allentown Boulevard and Lincoln Street when officers with the Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police spotted a vehicle traveling at an extremely high rate of speed, police said. An officer attempted a traffic stop, and …

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Shrewsbury-New Freedom, PA
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York County Tech Entrepreneur Produced Child Pornography, Feds Allege York County Tech Entrepreneur Produced Child Pornography, Feds Allege York County Tech Entrepreneur Produced Child Pornography, Feds Allege
York County Tech Entrepreneur Produced Child Pornography, Feds Allege A Pennsylvania technology entrepreneur who founded a web design company while still in high school is facing up to 70 years in federal prison after being indicted on child pornography offenses, federal authorities announced. Gabriel McKenna, 32, of York, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges involving the production, possession, and receipt of child sexual abuse material, according to a release issued by the US Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Monday, Nov. 2. Federal prosecutors allege McKenna produced and possessed the material between approximately Ja…

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Greencastle, PA
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Murder-Suicide: Family ID'd After Dad Pushes His Children Off Parking Garage, Then Jumps Murder-Suicide: Family ID'd After Dad Pushes His Children Off Parking Garage, Then Jumps Murder-Suicide: Family ID'd After Dad Pushes His Children Off Parking Garage, Then Jumps
Murder-Suicide: Family ID'd After Dad Pushes His Children Off Parking Garage, Then Jumps A father pushed his two children off a Pennsylvania parking garage before jumping in a murder-suicide that prompted two elementary schools to close, officials said. Patrick Lynch, 42, and his children, James Lynch, 8, and Caroline Lynch, 6, were identified as the three people found dead in Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny County, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, officials said. Caroline had Williams syndrome, her mother, Anna DeMase Lynch, shared in a 2024 Facebook fundraiser for the Williams Syndrome Association. “Our beautiful daughter, Caroline, has Williams syndrome and the WSA nonprofit is our greatest supp…

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Doylestown, PA
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Retired Central Bucks Teacher Killed By Bus In Library Parking Lot Retired Central Bucks Teacher Killed By Bus In Library Parking Lot Retired Central Bucks Teacher Killed By Bus In Library Parking Lot
Retired Central Bucks Teacher Killed By Bus In Library Parking Lot A retired Central Bucks West High School remembered for supporting students and advocating for LGBTQ+ youth was killed after being struck by a bus in a Bucks County library parking lot, authorities announced on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Katherine “Kitty” Semisch, 67, of Doylestown, was struck by a DART bus in the parking lot of the Bucks County Free Library on Monday, Nov. 2, according to Bucks County Coroner Patricia A. Campi. Semisch was taken to Doylestown Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 3:51 p.m., Campi said. An examination conducted on Tuesday, Nov. 3, determined her cause of deat…

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Mechanicsburg, PA
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Cumberland County Caregiver Wanted After 145 Credit Card Purchases From Elderly Patient: Police Cumberland County Caregiver Wanted After 145 Credit Card Purchases From Elderly Patient: Police Cumberland County Caregiver Wanted After 145 Credit Card Purchases From Elderly Patient: Police
Cumberland County Caregiver Wanted After 145 Credit Card Purchases From Elderly Patient: Police A Pennsylvania caregiver accused of making 145 unauthorized purchases totaling nearly $7,800 on an older adult's credit card has been arrested after a monthlong search, police announced on Friday, Oct. 30. Lisa Ann Bornheim, 60, of Mechanicsburg, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 29, after the Lower Allen Township Police Department served a warrant issued in September, according to police and court records obtained by Daily Voice. The investigation began on Aug. 21, when officers responded to Bethany Village West, a senior living community at 5225 Wilson Lane in Mechanicsburg, for a reported f…

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Lower Paxton, PA
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Man Groped Teen, Attacked Her And Friend Before Armed Lower Paxton Standoff, Police Say Man Groped Teen, Attacked Her And Friend Before Armed Lower Paxton Standoff, Police Say Man Groped Teen, Attacked Her And Friend Before Armed Lower Paxton Standoff, Police Say
Man Groped Teen, Attacked Her And Friend Before Armed Lower Paxton Standoff, Police Say A teenager’s sleepover plans turned violent when a friend’s stepfather groped her, attacked both girls, and pointed a loaded handgun at them and a parent who came to help before a two-hour Pennsylvania standoff, according to court documents and an account shared by the teen’s mother. Adam Joseph Bittle, 43, of Harrisburg, faces 12 charges following the incident in the 4000 block of Easy Street on Friday, Oct. 30, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Wednesday, Nov. 4. “What was supposed to be a fun filled night for my daughter turned into a nightmare!” the mother wrote in…

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Lower Paxton, PA
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More Than $49K Stolen By Nonprofit Treasurer, Lower Paxton Police Say More Than $49K Stolen By Nonprofit Treasurer, Lower Paxton Police Say More Than $49K Stolen By Nonprofit Treasurer, Lower Paxton Police Say
More Than $49K Stolen By Nonprofit Treasurer, Lower Paxton Police Say A Pennsylvania nonprofit’s treasurer stole nearly $50,000 through unauthorized wire transfers and cash withdrawals, with some money routed through two associates before reaching her accounts, police wrote in court documents. Corrie Lynn Lingenfelter, 36, of Carlisle, took $49,570 from the Latino Connection Foundation, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice on Wednesday, Nov. 4. The investigation began after the Harrisburg nonprofit reported unauthorized bank withdrawals on Thursday, May 28, Lower Paxton police said in a release issued Wednesday, Nov. 4. Investigators tra…

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York, PA
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Man ID’d After Rolling Tree Traps, Kills Him In York County Woods Man ID’d After Rolling Tree Traps, Kills Him In York County Woods Man ID’d After Rolling Tree Traps, Kills Him In York County Woods
Man ID’d After Rolling Tree Traps, Kills Him In York County Woods A Pennsylvania man killed when a tree rolled onto him on his property has been identified, the York County Coroner’s Office announced Wednesday, Oct. 28. Mark C. Shelden, 72, of Glen Rock, was cutting down a tree on his Narrow Gauge Road property in Codorus Township on Monday, Oct. 26, when it fell and began rolling toward him, according to the coroner. Shelden tried to get out of the way but fell to the ground and became trapped beneath the tree, the coroner said. Emergency crews were dispatched to the 4000 block of Narrow Gauge Road around 11:40 a.m. and freed him around 11:58 a.m., coun…

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Waynesboro, PA
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PA ‘Wallet Dr.’ Who Promoted Scam Awareness Admits Posing As Federal Employee PA ‘Wallet Dr.’ Who Promoted Scam Awareness Admits Posing As Federal Employee PA ‘Wallet Dr.’ Who Promoted Scam Awareness Admits Posing As Federal Employee
PA ‘Wallet Dr.’ Who Promoted Scam Awareness Admits Posing As Federal Employee A Pennsylvania financial advisor who promoted himself as “Wallet Dr.” and appeared on a podcast about exposing scams admitted to impersonating a federal employee to steer businesses’ retirement plans into his control, authorities announced on Monday, Nov. 2. Lazaven Mitchell, 38, of Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty to one count of false impersonation of a federal officer or employee before Senior U.S. District Judge David Stewart Cercone, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Mitchell repeatedly presented himself as working for the U.S. Department of La…

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