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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Reading, PA
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Man Threatened To Harm Victim, Barricaded Himself In Home Until Police Deployed Gas: PSP Man Threatened To Harm Victim, Barricaded Himself In Home Until Police Deployed Gas: PSP Man Threatened To Harm Victim, Barricaded Himself In Home Until Police Deployed Gas: PSP
Man Threatened To Harm Victim, Barricaded Himself In Home Until Police Deployed Gas: PSP A Pennsylvania man who threatened to physically harm someone barricaded himself inside a Williamsport home, leading to an hourslong standoff that ended when a State Police tactical team deployed gas canisters and entered the residence, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 12. Dominic Reynolds was taken into custody following the standoff in the 2200 block of Newberry Street in Williamsport, Lycoming County, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release issued at 3:30 p.m. Monday. The incident began around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, when Pennsylvania State Police were notified that Reynold…

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by Jillian Pikora
Harrisburg, PA
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Harrisburg Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self Harrisburg Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self Harrisburg Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self
Harrisburg Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self A 29-year-old Pennsylvania man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend's current boyfriend, held her and her four children hostage, then shot himself in the head following a multi-county police chase has died, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 12. Tobias John-Allen Click, of Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, was pronounced dead at approximately 8:25 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, by the Cumberland County Coroner's Office, according to an update from East Lampeter Township Police. Click died from injuries sustained from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police said. His death came one d…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
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Sixth Measles Death Reported In PA As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases Sixth Measles Death Reported In PA As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases Sixth Measles Death Reported In PA As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases
Sixth Measles Death Reported In PA As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases A 39-year-old woman with a recent measles diagnosis has become the US's sixth measles-associated death as the outbreak climbed past 1,100 cases in Pennsylvania. The woman died Saturday, Oct. 10, the Franklin County Coroner’s Office announced Monday, Oct. 12. She had several underlying conditions, including a past diagnosis of measles that had been treated, the coroner said. Her death meets the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s definition of a measles-associated death, according to the advisory. The coroner’s office did not release her name or further details that could identify…

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by Jillian Pikora
Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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WATCH: 'Sadie Didn't Need To Die,' PA Man Says In Final Video Before Fatal SEPTA Standoff WATCH: 'Sadie Didn't Need To Die,' PA Man Says In Final Video Before Fatal SEPTA Standoff WATCH: 'Sadie Didn't Need To Die,' PA Man Says In Final Video Before Fatal SEPTA Standoff
Watch: 'Sadie Didn't Need To Die,' PA Man Says In Final Video Before Fatal SEPTA Standoff WARNING: The video accompanying this article contains profanity and disturbing statements about a double homicide. Viewer discretion is advised. A Philadelphia man who died following an approximately 11-hour armed standoff aboard a SEPTA bus recorded a disturbing Facebook story in which he said his adoptive mother "didn't need to die" after she and his biological sister were found shot inside their burning home on Monday, Oct. 12. Lonnie Turner, identified by family members on social media, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following the standoff in the city's Fox Chase section, Phila…

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by Jillian Pikora
Ambler-Blue Bell, PA
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Blue Bell Amtrak Worker Pocketed $181K In Massive Fraud Scheme, Threatened To Kill Provider Blue Bell Amtrak Worker Pocketed $181K In Massive Fraud Scheme, Threatened To Kill Provider Blue Bell Amtrak Worker Pocketed $181K In Massive Fraud Scheme, Threatened To Kill Provider
Blue Bell Amtrak Worker Pocketed $181K In Massive Fraud Scheme, Threatened To Kill Provider At least 119 Amtrak employees across seven states and Washington, D.C., were implicated in a $12 million health care fraud scheme — the largest employee criminal conspiracy in the railroad's history, federal investigators said. Three men connected to the scheme, including a Pennsylvania Amtrak employee and two New York medical providers, were sentenced in federal court in New Jersey on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and Thursday, Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The defendants were Devon Burt, 53, of Blue Bell, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Michael DeNicola, 64, a former New York pod…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lykens Valley, PA
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PA Family Massacre IDs: Pregnant Mom, 2 Kids, Parents, Brothers, Baby Due In 5 Days PA Family Massacre IDs: Pregnant Mom, 2 Kids, Parents, Brothers, Baby Due In 5 Days PA Family Massacre IDs: Pregnant Mom, 2 Kids, Parents, Brothers, Baby Due In 5 Days
PA Family Massacre IDs: Pregnant Mom, 2 Kids, Parents, Brothers, Baby Due In 5 Days A family preparing to welcome a baby boy in just five days was nearly wiped out in a mass shooting that killed three generations of relatives, including a pregnant mother, her two young children, her parents, and her two brothers, according to family accounts. Angelina Stone, 24, also known online as Dej Shanti, was eight months pregnant with a son she planned to name Kyrie when she was killed alongside her 5-year-old son, Isiah Hodges, and her 22-month-old daughter, Amari'anna, in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Oct. 9. Her mother, Michelle Stone, 44, and brothers Matthew Stone II, 19, and …

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by Jillian Pikora
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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PA Man, 22, Killed In Shooting After Delaware State University Homecoming: Police PA Man, 22, Killed In Shooting After Delaware State University Homecoming: Police PA Man, 22, Killed In Shooting After Delaware State University Homecoming: Police
PA Man, 22, Killed In Shooting After Delaware State University Homecoming: Police A 22-year-old man was killed, and another man was wounded when gunfire erupted amid crowds of thousands following Delaware State University's homecoming celebrations Saturday night, Oct. 10, police said. The fatal shooting happened around 9:19 p.m. in the Dover Commons shopping center parking lot in the 1200 block of North DuPont Highway in Dover, Delaware, according to a release from the Dover Police Department issued Sunday, Oct. 11. The man killed was identified as Nasir Cox, 22, of Philadelphia, police said. A 21-year-old man was also shot in his upper body and remained hospitalized in…

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by Jillian Pikora
Downingtown, PA
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PA Monkey Torture Ring Member Sentenced For 'Agonizing' Abuse Videos As Another Awaits Fate PA Monkey Torture Ring Member Sentenced For 'Agonizing' Abuse Videos As Another Awaits Fate PA Monkey Torture Ring Member Sentenced For 'Agonizing' Abuse Videos As Another Awaits Fate
PA Monkey Torture Ring Member Sentenced For 'Agonizing' Abuse Videos As Another Awaits Fate A member of an online monkey torture ring involving a Pennsylvania man who collected money to fund videos depicting the mutilation of baby monkeys has been sentenced to federal prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday, Oct. 9. Amanda Leigh Fourez, of Catlin, Illinois, was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 8, to 31 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for distributing and conspiring to create so-called "animal crush" videos, according to federal prosecutors. Fourez was a member of online groups that included Joseph Garrett Buckland, of Mount Pleasant, Penns…

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by Jillian Pikora
Abington, PA
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Abington Army Veteran, SEPTA Bus Driver Gunned Down On Route, Killer Sentenced Abington Army Veteran, SEPTA Bus Driver Gunned Down On Route, Killer Sentenced Abington Army Veteran, SEPTA Bus Driver Gunned Down On Route, Killer Sentenced
Abington Army Veteran, SEPTA Bus Driver Gunned Down On Route, Killer Sentenced A 24-year-old Philadelphia woman who shot and killed a U.S. Army veteran while he was driving a SEPTA bus has been sentenced nearly three years after the murder that left a family grieving and prompted calls for stronger protections for public transit workers. Zhontay Capers was sentenced to 32½ to 67 years in state prison on Friday, Oct. 9, for the Oct. 26, 2023, murder of Bernard Nicholas Gribbin, 48, of Abington, Pennsylvania, according to Philadelphia County court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Saturday, Oct. 10. Gribbin, a 12-year SEPTA employee and Army combat veteran originally…

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by Jillian Pikora
Harrisburg, PA
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The Time is Now for PA to Have a Clear AI Education Policy: Op-Ed The Time is Now for PA to Have a Clear AI Education Policy: Op-Ed The Time is Now for PA to Have a Clear AI Education Policy: Op-Ed
The Time is Now for PA to Have a Clear AI Education Policy: Op-Ed Artificial intelligence conjures up many feelings. For some, AI technology is a doomsday scenario: killer robots, job loss, and data centers. Yet for others, it’s the promise of utopia: cures for cancer, safer communities, and an economic boom. Call me a skeptic about AI ushering in a future free from irreversible medical issues and a simpler life where people want for nothing. But for the sake of argument, let’s assume that those goals are achievable. Seemingly incurable diseases will not be defeated by AI unless there are researchers and medical professionals who can use this tool to unde…

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