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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East Meadow, NY
Breaking News
Man Found Inside Smoke Shop After Police Discover East Meadow Storefront Window Smashed Man Found Inside Smoke Shop After Police Discover East Meadow Storefront Window Smashed Man Found Inside Smoke Shop After Police Discover East Meadow Storefront Window Smashed
Man Found Inside Smoke Shop After Police Discover East Meadow Storefront Window Smashed A shattered storefront window led police to a man standing inside a Long Island smoke shop during an early-morning burglary, authorities announced Sunday. Officers responded to a report of a burglary in progress at Convenience and Smoke Shop, 2050 Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow, at 1:40 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22, according to the First Squad. When they arrived, officers observed the front glass broken and located the suspect inside the store, detectives said. Antonios Kanakis, 35, of North Merrick, was arrested without incident, police reported. He was charged with Burglary 3rd Degree an…

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Harrisburg, PA
Weather
Gov. Shapiro Signs Disaster Emergency As Major Winter Storm Slams Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro Signs Disaster Emergency As Major Winter Storm Slams Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro Signs Disaster Emergency As Major Winter Storm Slams Pennsylvania
Gov. Shapiro Signs Disaster Emergency As Major Winter Storm Slams Pennsylvania A statewide disaster emergency has been declared as a significant winter storm begins impacting Pennsylvania Sunday afternoon, Feb. 22, and is expected to continue through Monday — with eastern PA forecast to see the worst conditions. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the Proclamation of Disaster Emergency on Sunday to ensure state agencies can quickly mobilize personnel, equipment, and funding before, during, and after the storm, according to his office. “Our teams at PEMA, PennDOT, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Pennsylvania National Guard have been wo…

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National Interest
$1.2M Stolen In NJ After Jeweler Followed From Lawrence Home: Police $1.2M Stolen In NJ After Jeweler Followed From Lawrence Home: Police $1.2M Stolen In NJ After Jeweler Followed From Lawrence Home: Police
$1.2M Stolen In NJ After Jeweler Followed From Lawrence Home: Police A jeweler was followed from his New York home and robbed of $1.2 million in merchandise in New Jersey after his residence was surveilled multiple times, authorities said. The Major Case Squad announced the arrests on Saturday, Feb. 21, following the incident that began at 10:40 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12 in Lawrence, according to the release. A 59-year-old male jeweler left his  residence on Long Island and traveled to Manalapan, New Jersey, where merchandise valued at $1.2 million was taken from his vehicle, detectives explained. Investigators determined the victim’s home had been sur…

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Bellport-Brookhaven-East Patchogue, NY
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23-Year-Old Man Killed In Sunrise Highway Crash In Brookhaven: Police 23-Year-Old Man Killed In Sunrise Highway Crash In Brookhaven: Police 23-Year-Old Man Killed In Sunrise Highway Crash In Brookhaven: Police
23-Year-Old Man Killed In Sunrise Highway Crash In Brookhaven: Police A 23-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Sunrise Highway in Brookhaven early Saturday morning, Suffolk County Police announced on Saturday, Feb. 21. Justin Digiovanna, of Shirley, was driving a 2021 Mazda CX-5 eastbound on Sunrise Highway at Horseblock Road when the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a wooded area on the southbound side at approximately 3:50 a.m., according to Suffolk County Police. Digiovanna was transported by South Country Ambulance to NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The vehicle was impounded for a safety …

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Lampeter-Strasburg, PA
Breaking News
2nd Child Accuses Man Of Rape Over 5 Years, As Case Moves To County Court, Lancaster DA Say 2nd Child Accuses Man Of Rape Over 5 Years, As Case Moves To County Court, Lancaster DA Say 2nd Child Accuses Man Of Rape Over 5 Years, As Case Moves To County Court, Lancaster DA Say
2nd Child Accuses Man Of Rape Over 5 Years, As Case Moves To County Court, Lancaster DA Say A man accused of raping and sexually abusing two young girls will have his cases move forward to county court after waiving his preliminary hearings, prosecutors announced. Carlos Jimenez Venegas, 44, of the 100 block of Tabor Road, Earl Township, waived his preliminary hearings before Magisterial District Judge Jonathan Heisse on Monday, Feb. 3, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. He now faces a combined 15 felony and misdemeanor charges across two cases, including rape of a child, indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age, unlawful contact with a min…

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Warminster-Southampton, PA
Breaking News
Teens Crash Stolen Hyundai After High-Speed Chase: Lower Southampton Police Teens Crash Stolen Hyundai After High-Speed Chase: Lower Southampton Police Teens Crash Stolen Hyundai After High-Speed Chase: Lower Southampton Police
Teens Crash Stolen Hyundai After High-Speed Chase: Lower Southampton Police A stolen vehicle spotted at a Bucks County shopping center led to a high-speed chase and crash in Philadelphia, Lower Southampton Township police announced on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Patrol units discovered an occupied stolen 2017 gray Hyundai Elantra in the area of the Bucks Crossing Shopping Center along East Street Road in Feasterville at approximately 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12, according to police. The driver, identified as a 16-year-old from Philadelphia, and a 13-year-old passenger from Philadelphia, exited the parking lot after seeing marked police units and fled eastbound on Street Road…

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Allentown, PA
Breaking News
13-Year-Old Killed In PA House Fire Identified: Lehigh County Coroner (UPDATE) 13-Year-Old Killed In PA House Fire Identified: Lehigh County Coroner (UPDATE) 13-Year-Old Killed In PA House Fire Identified: Lehigh County Coroner (UPDATE)
13-Year-Old Killed In PA House Fire Identified: Lehigh County Coroner (Update) A 13-year-old boy who died after a fast-moving house fire in Pennsylvania has been identified. Zachary Scott Scalfer died from smoke inhalation and thermal injuries sustained in the fire that broke out around 11:07 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the 60 block of North Welles Street in Kingston, Luzerne County, authorities said on Friday, Feb. 20. Kingston Municipal Police and the Kingston Forty-Fort Fire Department responded to the residential structure fire and were met with “extreme flames and heavy smoke conditions,” according to a joint press release. Emergency responders immediately beg…

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Carlisle, PA
Breaking News
Woman Says She Had ‘Present’ Before Stabbing Child’s Father In Head: Carlisle Police Woman Says She Had ‘Present’ Before Stabbing Child’s Father In Head: Carlisle Police Woman Says She Had ‘Present’ Before Stabbing Child’s Father In Head: Carlisle Police
Woman Says She Had ‘Present’ Before Stabbing Child’s Father In Head: Carlisle Police A woman allegedly told her child’s father she “had a present” for him before stabbing him in the head with a kitchen knife, police announced on Wednesday, Feb. 18. Shannon Renee Kerns, 37, of Carlisle, was charged after officers responded to a reported stabbing in the 100 block of Lincoln Street just before 3 p.m., according to police and court records. When officers arrived, they found a man standing in the road with blood covering his face and head, according to the affidavit of probable cause. He told police that Kerns, the mother of his child, had stabbed him in the head and punched him…

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Centereach-Selden, NY
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Mom Killed, Teen Injured In Farmingville Botched Murder-Suicide; Community Rallies Mom Killed, Teen Injured In Farmingville Botched Murder-Suicide; Community Rallies Mom Killed, Teen Injured In Farmingville Botched Murder-Suicide; Community Rallies
Mom Killed, Teen Injured In Farmingville Botched Murder-Suicide; Community Rallies A botched murder-suicide inside a New York home has left a mother dead, a teenager wounded, and a grieving community rallying around two daughters. Adriana Paulino Barbosa, 46, was fatally stabbed during a violent domestic incident at a residence on Granny Road in Farmingville on Thursday, Feb. 12, around 8:15 p.m., Suffolk County Police said. Her estranged husband, Marcos Marques-Leal, 57, allegedly stabbed Barbosa, injured a teenage relative inside the home, then turned the knife on himself in what police described as an attempted suicide. Officers responding to a 911 call found Barbosa …

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Hershey, PA
Your Community
Hershey Elementary Assistant Principal Charged With Highest-Rate DUI: Court Docs Hershey Elementary Assistant Principal Charged With Highest-Rate DUI: Court Docs Hershey Elementary Assistant Principal Charged With Highest-Rate DUI: Court Docs
Hershey Elementary Assistant Principal Charged With Highest-Rate DUI: Court Docs A Hershey elementary school assistant principal is facing DUI charges after police say she was caught driving with a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit in Lebanon County. Kelly Marie Brennan-Lombel, 41, of Hershey, was charged by South Londonderry Township Police on Tuesday, Jan. 28, according to court records. Lombel serves as an assistant principal at Hershey Elementary School in the Derry Township School District. She assumed the role at the start of the 2024-2025 school year, according to the district’s website. According to the criminal docket, Lombel is charged wi…

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