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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Doylestown, PA
Breaking News
Piano Teacher Who Assaulted 18 Students Gets 18+ Years In Prison, Bucks County DA Piano Teacher Who Assaulted 18 Students Gets 18+ Years In Prison, Bucks County DA Piano Teacher Who Assaulted 18 Students Gets 18+ Years In Prison, Bucks County DA
Piano Teacher Who Assaulted 18 Students Gets 18+ Years In Prison, Bucks County DA A former piano instructor who sexually abused 18 young students over three decades has been sentenced to 18 to 54 years in state prison, prosecutors announced. Timothy James Shay, 51, was sentenced Tuesday, May 12, by Bucks County Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr, who ordered consecutive sentences of one to three years for each victim identified during the investigation. Judge Corr told the court that while Shay’s prison sentence has an end date, his victims were sentenced to “a lifetime of horrible memories,” according to prosecutors. The case began in early 2025 after one victim cont…

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by Jillian Pikora
Reading, PA
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Mother’s Day Search For Missing Autistic Boy Ends In Tragedy In Poconos Mother’s Day Search For Missing Autistic Boy Ends In Tragedy In Poconos Mother’s Day Search For Missing Autistic Boy Ends In Tragedy In Poconos
Mother’s Day Search For Missing Autistic Boy Ends In Tragedy In Poconos A GoFundMe has been launched for the family of a 5-year-old autistic boy who was found dead hours after vanishing from his home on Mother’s Day, Pennsylvania State Police said. Ajani Jermaine Samuels disappeared from the 100 block of Rose Drive in Chestnuthill Township around 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 10, according to PSP Fern Ridge. The non-verbal child, who also had epilepsy, sparked a massive search effort involving PSP K9 and aviation units, rescue divers, local fire companies, EMS crews, Monroe County OEM, Rescue International, RRTF, DTU, SARRT, and Northeast Search and Rescue. Ajani was …

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Collegeville-Trappe, PA
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Rare Pokémon Cards Worth $9K Stolen From Trappe Shop, Suspect Flees In Getaway SUV: PSP Rare Pokémon Cards Worth $9K Stolen From Trappe Shop, Suspect Flees In Getaway SUV: PSP Rare Pokémon Cards Worth $9K Stolen From Trappe Shop, Suspect Flees In Getaway SUV: PSP
Rare Pokémon Cards Worth $9K Stolen From Trappe Shop, Suspect Flees In Getaway SUV: PSP Rare Pokémon collectibles worth more than $9,000 were stolen from a Montgomery County card shop after a suspect grabbed the merchandise and ran, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, May 12. The theft happened at Nashcards on West Main Street in Trappe Borough around 11:21 a.m. on Sunday, May 4, according to PSP Skippack. The suspect, described as an Asian man in his 20s, asked to see multiple Pokémon-related items before fleeing the store around 11:46 a.m. with the merchandise, troopers said. Police said the stolen items included a 2021 Pokémon Japanese Gengar VMAX PSA 10 card v…

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by Jillian Pikora
Chester, PA
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Chester Man Used Stolen Badge To Burglarize Nonprofit For Car Repeatedly: Delaware State Police Chester Man Used Stolen Badge To Burglarize Nonprofit For Car Repeatedly: Delaware State Police Chester Man Used Stolen Badge To Burglarize Nonprofit For Car Repeatedly: Delaware State Police
Chester Man Used Stolen Badge To Burglarize Nonprofit For Car Repeatedly: Delaware State Police A Pennsylvania man is accused of repeatedly breaking into a Claymont nonprofit over several nights and using a stolen employee access badge to return again and again, Delaware State Police announced on Tuesday, May 12. Ammar Dixon, 22, of Chester, was charged following a series of burglaries at Conexio Care on Naamans Road in Claymont, according to Delaware State Police. Troopers responded to the nonprofit at 590 Naamans Rd. on March 17 for reports of multiple burglaries, police said. Investigators determined the break-ins happened between March 13 and March 17 during overnight hours. Dete…

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by Jillian Pikora
Slate Belt, PA
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Northampton County Murder-Suicide Discovery Made After Grandma Didn't Come To Prom Photos Northampton County Murder-Suicide Discovery Made After Grandma Didn't Come To Prom Photos Northampton County Murder-Suicide Discovery Made After Grandma Didn't Come To Prom Photos
Northampton County Murder-Suicide Discovery Made After Grandma Didn't Come To Prom Photos A mother found dead alongside her son inside their Plainfield Township home was fatally stabbed before the man took his own life, officials confirmed Tuesday, May 12. Police were called to the 700 block of Engler Road at 5:54 p.m. on Friday, May 8, for a report of two possibly unconscious adults, according to Slate Belt Regional Police. Officers arrived to find 71-year-old Diane C. Wert and her 47-year-old son, Nathan R. Heffelfinger, dead inside the residence, authorities said. Investigators later determined Heffelfinger killed his mother before dying by suicide, Slate Belt Police Chief J…

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by Jillian Pikora
Harrisburg, PA
Your Community
Penn State Hockey Star Gavin McKenna’s Mother Charged In Liquor Case Linked To Assault Penn State Hockey Star Gavin McKenna’s Mother Charged In Liquor Case Linked To Assault Penn State Hockey Star Gavin McKenna’s Mother Charged In Liquor Case Linked To Assault
Penn State Hockey Star Gavin McKenna’s Mother Charged In Liquor Case Linked To Assault A criminal case tied to Penn State hockey star Gavin McKenna is now drawing in his mother, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Monday, May 11. Krystal Dawn McKenna, 44, has been charged with Misdemeanor Sell/Furnish Liquor To Minor and Furnish Liquor/Malt/Brewed Beverage To Certain Persons, according to Centre County court records. The charges were filed by Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement on Tuesday, April 29, and stem from an investigation into an incident at Doggie’s Pub in State College on Friday, Jan. 31, according to a state police li…

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Center Moriches-East Moriches, NY
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$443K Stolen From Employer Over 5 Years By Suffolk County Man: Police $443K Stolen From Employer Over 5 Years By Suffolk County Man: Police $443K Stolen From Employer Over 5 Years By Suffolk County Man: Police
$443K Stolen From Employer Over 5 Years By Suffolk County Man: Police A Long Island man is accused of stealing nearly half a million dollars from his employer over a five-year span, Suffolk County Police announced on Monday, May 11. Anthony Ferguson, 37, of Holtsville, was arrested after an investigation revealed he allegedly deposited more than 200 checks from his employer into his personal bank account, totaling $443,841, according to Suffolk County Police. The owner of a business on Frowein Road in East Moriches reported on Dec. 3, 2025, that an employee had embezzled money from the company between April 9, 2020, and Nov. 28, 2025, police said. Financia…

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by Jillian Pikora
Albany, NY
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Box Truck Smashes Teen Driver On Thruway In Albany, Three Injured: State Police (UPDATED) Box Truck Smashes Teen Driver On Thruway In Albany, Three Injured: State Police (UPDATED) Box Truck Smashes Teen Driver On Thruway In Albany, Three Injured: State Police (UPDATED)
Box Truck Smashes Teen Driver On Thruway In Albany, Three Injured: State Police (Updated) Three people were injured when a box truck driver smashed into a teen behind the wheel of a Honda on the New York State Thruway in Albany, New York State Police said Tuesday, May 12. Roz Muhammad Said, 33, was hit with multiple traffic tickets for the wreck, which closed lanes in both directions of the Thruway on Monday night, May 11, according to state police. Said, of Watervliet, was driving his box truck eastbound on I-90 near mile marker 149.6 around 6 p.m. when he struck a 2022 Honda sedan driven by an 18-year-old man from Latham, investigators said. The Honda became wedged under the …

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by Jillian Pikora and Joseph Wilkinson
Mount Joy, PA
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Mount Joy Teen Charged For Creating And Sharing Child Sexual Abuse Material: Police Mount Joy Teen Charged For Creating And Sharing Child Sexual Abuse Material: Police Mount Joy Teen Charged For Creating And Sharing Child Sexual Abuse Material: Police
Mount Joy Teen Charged For Creating And Sharing Child Sexual Abuse Material: Police A 15-year-old Mount Joy boy is accused of creating and sharing child sexual abuse material following a months-long investigation, Mount Joy Borough Police announced on Monday, May 11. The juvenile was charged with three counts of Sexual Abuse of Children and one count of Criminal Use of Communication Facility after investigators served a search warrant at his home in Mount Joy Borough on Saturday, May 10, according to police. Electronic devices allegedly used to possess child sexual abuse material were recovered during the search, investigators said. Police said the teen created and dissem…

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by Jillian Pikora
National Interest
Trump Nominates Doug Mastriano For US Ambassador To Slovak Republic Trump Nominates Doug Mastriano For US Ambassador To Slovak Republic Trump Nominates Doug Mastriano For US Ambassador To Slovak Republic
Trump Nominates Doug Mastriano For US Ambassador To Slovak Republic Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican lawmaker from Franklin County who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2022, has been nominated to serve as the next US Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, the White House announced on Monday, May 11. Mastriano, who represents Pennsylvania’s 33rd Senatorial District covering Franklin and Adams counties, said he was “deeply honored and humbled” by President Donald Trump’s nomination in a statement shared on X.  “Upon Senate confirmation, I look forward to representing our nation abroad, strengthening the friendship between our two coun…

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