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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Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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5, 6-Year-Old Siblings, Woman ID'd After Fatal Philadelphia Fire (UPDATE) 5, 6-Year-Old Siblings, Woman ID'd After Fatal Philadelphia Fire (UPDATE) 5, 6-Year-Old Siblings, Woman ID'd After Fatal Philadelphia Fire (UPDATE)
5, 6-Year-Old Siblings, Woman ID'd After Fatal Philadelphia Fire (Update) The victims of a fast-moving overnight house fire on North Hope Street that killed two young siblings and their mom’s cousin in North Philadelphia have been identified, Philadelphia police announced. Police and the Philadelphia Fire Department were called to a home on the 3400 block of North Hope Street for reports of people trapped inside at approximately 12:55 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 18, according to Officer Tanya Little of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Public Affairs Unit. Fire crews found an active fire in the kitchen area, and a 46-year-old woman, later identified as Nidre Annette…

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Mount Wolf-Manchester, PA
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Car Crashes Into 200-Year-Old Ice House In East Manchester, Driver Flees: Fire Officials Car Crashes Into 200-Year-Old Ice House In East Manchester, Driver Flees: Fire Officials Car Crashes Into 200-Year-Old Ice House In East Manchester, Driver Flees: Fire Officials
Car Crashes Into 200-Year-Old Ice House In East Manchester, Driver Flees: Fire Officials A car slammed into a 200-year-old ice house in East Manchester Township, damaging part of the historic property before the driver ran off, Union Fire Company No. 1 announced on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 5:05 a.m. Rescue 23 and Engine 22-1 were dispatched to North George Street and Shady Lane for a crash involving a vehicle and a building, according to the release. Deputy 23 arrived to find a single vehicle that had struck the ice house at Historic Shady Lane — the site of a colonial-era whiskey distillery — officials said. The driver had fled before crews arrived. The scene was held to Rescue 23…

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Harrisburg, PA
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International Wanted Terrorist Given PA Commercial Driving License Before ICE Arrest In Kansas International Wanted Terrorist Given PA Commercial Driving License Before ICE Arrest In Kansas International Wanted Terrorist Given PA Commercial Driving License Before ICE Arrest In Kansas
International Wanted Terrorist Given PA Commercial Driving License Before ICE Arrest In Kansas A wanted terrorist from Uzbekistan who was granted a Pennsylvania commercial driver’s license was arrested while driving an 18-wheeler in Kansas, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on Monday, Nov. 17. Akhror Bozorov, 31, illegally entered the United States in February 2023 and was later released into the country by the Biden administration, according to the federal agency. He was granted work authorization in January 2024 and received a Pennsylvania commercial driver’s license while living in the US, ICE said. Bozorov was wanted in Uzbekistan for being a member of a terrorist …

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Lancaster, PA
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VIDEO: Officer Injured After Driver Runs Red Light, Crashes Into Cruiser In Lancaster County VIDEO: Officer Injured After Driver Runs Red Light, Crashes Into Cruiser In Lancaster County VIDEO: Officer Injured After Driver Runs Red Light, Crashes Into Cruiser In Lancaster County
Video: Officer Injured After Driver Runs Red Light, Crashes Into Cruiser In Lancaster County An East Lampeter Township police officer and a passenger were hurt after a driver ran a red light and slammed into a marked cruiser in Lancaster on Monday, Nov. 17 at 4:05 p.m., according to a release issued Tuesday, Nov. 18. The officer had just exited Route 30 Eastbound Bypass and was turning left to travel east on Old Philadelphia Pike when the crash happened, police said. The officer had a steady green light and was moving through the intersection when a westbound Mercedes-Benz sedan failed to stop for its steady red signal and struck the cruiser, according to the department. The office…

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Cairo-Durham, NY
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Driver Killed ID'd After Slamming Into Two Troopers During Traffic Stop In Cairo: NYSP (UPDATE) Driver Killed ID'd After Slamming Into Two Troopers During Traffic Stop In Cairo: NYSP (UPDATE) Driver Killed ID'd After Slamming Into Two Troopers During Traffic Stop In Cairo: NYSP (UPDATE)
Driver Killed ID'd After Slamming Into Two Troopers During Traffic Stop In Cairo: Nysp (Update) A trooper was thrown down an embankment according to new details released after a woman crashed into a New York State Police cruiser during a traffic stop on Route 23 in Cairo, police announced on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. Sharon L. Torres, the driver of a 2020 Kia, died at the scene after her vehicle veered off the westbound lane of Route 23 and struck the rear of a State Police patrol vehicle, according to the updated release. Troopers from State Police Catskill had exited their patrol vehicle to conduct a traffic stop on a Subaru when their emergency lights were activated on Monday, No…

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Patchogue-Medford, NY
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Patchogue Smoke Shop Workers Caught Selling Vapes To Underage Buyers: Police Patchogue Smoke Shop Workers Caught Selling Vapes To Underage Buyers: Police Patchogue Smoke Shop Workers Caught Selling Vapes To Underage Buyers: Police
Patchogue Smoke Shop Workers Caught Selling Vapes To Underage Buyers: Police Three store employees are accused of selling vape and tobacco products to people under 21 in Patchogue and East Patchogue, Suffolk County Police announced on Monday, Nov. 17. In response to community complaints, officers from the Fifth Precinct Investigative Unit conducted compliance checks at four businesses in the precinct, police said. Employees at three of those locations were arrested after officers said they sold to an underage person. Cuma Teber, 27, of Port Jefferson Station, was working at Husco Gas Station at 700 South Country Road in East Patchogue when he allegedly sold vape or…

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West Grove-Avondale, PA
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School Bus Driver Mom Confronts Octorara Board Over Son’s Concussion After PSP Probe School Bus Driver Mom Confronts Octorara Board Over Son’s Concussion After PSP Probe School Bus Driver Mom Confronts Octorara Board Over Son’s Concussion After PSP Probe
School Bus Driver Mom Confronts Octorara Board Over Son’s Concussion After PSP Probe A tense confrontation over student safety unfolded at the Octorara Area School Board meeting on Monday, Nov. 17, as a school bus driver and mother challenged board members about her son’s concussion and the district’s handling of bullying in the wake of a Pennsylvania State Police investigation into a reported strangulation at the middle school. The meeting began with tributes to retiring members Koenecker and Hurley and moved quickly into salary approvals, including raises for several administrators tied to what officials described as years of “underpayment.” The board also completed first …

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West Grove-Avondale, PA
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Octorara Middle School Students Accused Of Strangling Classmate: PA State Police (UPDATE) Octorara Middle School Students Accused Of Strangling Classmate: PA State Police (UPDATE) Octorara Middle School Students Accused Of Strangling Classmate: PA State Police (UPDATE)
Octorara Middle School Students Accused Of Strangling Classmate: PA State Police (Update) New details have been shared with Daily Voice on Monday, Nov. 17, after five Octorara Middle School students were accused of bullying and strangling a 12-year-old boy on campus, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release on Monday, Nov. 10.  Troopers from PSP Avondale were dispatched to the school along Highland Road in West Fallowfield Township at approximately 10:05 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, for a report of a bullying incident, according to the release. Read the full release in the screenshot below or by clicking here and going to page 8: The press release shared by PSP …

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Woodstock-Phoenicia, NY
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Shooter In Phoenicia Murder-Suicide Remembered As 'Great Guy,' 'Pleasure To Work With' Shooter In Phoenicia Murder-Suicide Remembered As 'Great Guy,' 'Pleasure To Work With' Shooter In Phoenicia Murder-Suicide Remembered As 'Great Guy,' 'Pleasure To Work With'
Shooter In Phoenicia Murder-Suicide Remembered As 'Great Guy,' 'Pleasure To Work With' A longtime Phoenicia couple was found dead inside their Shandaken home in what investigators say was a murder-suicide, New York State Police announced on Monday, Nov. 17. Troopers from the Kingston barracks were called to a home on Highview Road in the town of Shandaken at 7:29 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11, after a report that two people were unconscious and unresponsive, according to the release. Inside a bedroom, police found 68-year-old Deborah A. Warren dead from a gunshot wound. Nearby, troopers found Mark P. Braman, 69, also of Phoenicia, dead from what investigators say appeared to be a …

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Mercersburg, PA
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Infant Overdoses On Fentanyl Inside Pennsylvania Home, Authorities Say Infant Overdoses On Fentanyl Inside Pennsylvania Home, Authorities Say Infant Overdoses On Fentanyl Inside Pennsylvania Home, Authorities Say
Infant Overdoses On Fentanyl Inside Pennsylvania Home, Authorities Say An infant overdosed on fentanyl inside a Pennsylvania home, the Westmoreland County District Attorney announced on Monday, Nov. 17. Authorities were first called to the residence on Thursday, Nov. 14 for a 1-year-old believed to be overdosing on illicit substances, according to the release. The caller told 911 she had already given Narcan to the baby before emergency crews arrived. Police and EMS workers “had to maintain the child's airway to allow the child to breathe” while treating the infant, whose symptoms were consistent with a fentanyl overdose, officials said. The home—later identi…

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