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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Poconos Fire Kills Mother, 4 Children, Including NJ Teen: Families Say Poconos Fire Kills Mother, 4 Children, Including NJ Teen: Families Say Poconos Fire Kills Mother, 4 Children, Including NJ Teen: Families Say
Poconos Fire Kills Mother, 4 Children, Including NJ Teen: Families Say A late-night fire that killed a mother and her four children in Carbon County is not considered suspicious, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Oct. 2. One of the victims was a New Jersey teenager whose father works in Princeton, according to the families. The blaze broke out just before midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at a home on Willow Street in Franklin Township. Troopers from the Lehighton barracks and local fire crews arrived to find the first floor and the rear of the second floor already engulfed in flames. A second alarm was rung, drawing a heavy response from surroundin…

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Mount Joy, PA
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14-Year-Old Threatens To Shoot School On Snapchat: Mount Joy Police 14-Year-Old Threatens To Shoot School On Snapchat: Mount Joy Police 14-Year-Old Threatens To Shoot School On Snapchat: Mount Joy Police
14-Year-Old Threatens To Shoot School On Snapchat: Mount Joy Police A Mount Joy teen is accused of making violent threats against a local school during a Snapchat call, police announced on Friday, Oct. 3. The 14-year-old male juvenile allegedly made statements threatening to shoot a school while speaking with a witness on the app, according to the Mount Joy Borough Police Department. The threat surfaced while officers were looking into a separate incident involving the same juvenile, investigators said. The statements were reported to police during that investigation. The alleged threat happened on the 300 block of Sassafras Terrace in Mount Joy on Thursda…

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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Philadelphia Pharmacy To Pay $2.3M For Medicaid Fraud Involving HIV Medications: AG Sunday Philadelphia Pharmacy To Pay $2.3M For Medicaid Fraud Involving HIV Medications: AG Sunday Philadelphia Pharmacy To Pay $2.3M For Medicaid Fraud Involving HIV Medications: AG Sunday
Philadelphia Pharmacy To Pay $2.3M For Medicaid Fraud Involving HIV Medications: AG Sunday A Philadelphia pharmacy has pleaded guilty to felony Medicaid fraud and theft charges for dispensing unregulated HIV medications, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Surnil Pharmacy, Inc., which operated Haussemann’s Pharmacy on West Girard Avenue, admitted in Philadelphia County Court to its role in a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid programs. The company was ordered to pay $2.3 million in restitution, Sunday said. Investigators with the Office of Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Section found the pharmacy had distributed an estimated 100,000 HIV medication…

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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Woman Struck, Killed By Philadelphia Ambulance: Police Woman Struck, Killed By Philadelphia Ambulance: Police Woman Struck, Killed By Philadelphia Ambulance: Police
Woman Struck, Killed By Philadelphia Ambulance: Police A woman was struck and killed by a Philadelphia Fire Department ambulance, police announced on Friday, Oct. 3. The crash happened on the 3100 block of F Street in Kensington at 11:52 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, according to police. Investigators determined the medic unit had been traveling eastbound on the 600 block of East Allegheny Avenue before turning south onto F Street, where it hit the pedestrian. Paramedics immediately called for additional resources and attempted life-saving measures, police said. A second medic unit responded and pronounced the woman dead at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, …

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Greencastle, PA
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Pittsburgh Police Officer Shot During U-Haul Confrontation In East Hills: Reports Pittsburgh Police Officer Shot During U-Haul Confrontation In East Hills: Reports Pittsburgh Police Officer Shot During U-Haul Confrontation In East Hills: Reports
Pittsburgh Police Officer Shot During U-Haul Confrontation In East Hills: Reports A Pittsburgh police officer was shot in the leg during a confrontation with a homicide suspect in the city’s East Hills neighborhood, authorities said on Friday, Oct. 3. The shooting unfolded on Wilner Drive after officers spotted a U-Haul linked to a deadly shooting outside a Robinson Township motel earlier in the day, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety and local reports. When officers approached the vehicle, gunfire erupted. A detective was struck in the leg, while the suspect inside the U-Haul was also hit, WPXI and WTAE reported. Officers applied a tourniquet at the scene before rus…

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National Interest
19 Women Secretly Recorded In F&M Dorm Bathroom, Student Sentenced: DA 19 Women Secretly Recorded In F&M Dorm Bathroom, Student Sentenced: DA 19 Women Secretly Recorded In F&M Dorm Bathroom, Student Sentenced: DA
19 Women Secretly Recorded In F&M Dorm Bathroom, Student Sentenced: DA A Franklin & Marshall College student who secretly recorded 19 nude women in a dorm bathroom has been sentenced to jail and probation, prosecutors announced Friday, Oct. 3. John James Riley, 20, of York Township, was sentenced to eight to 23 months in county jail, followed by nine years of probation, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Judge Dennis Reinaker handed down the sentence on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Riley previously pleaded guilty in June to 19 counts of intercepting communications, 19 counts of criminal use of a communication facility, two counts of possessi…

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Long Beach, NY
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Cold-Blooded Murder: Dad Shot 6 Times, Killed Outside Long Beach Housing Development Cold-Blooded Murder: Dad Shot 6 Times, Killed Outside Long Beach Housing Development Cold-Blooded Murder: Dad Shot 6 Times, Killed Outside Long Beach Housing Development
Cold-Blooded Murder: Dad Shot 6 Times, Killed Outside Long Beach Housing Development A Long Beach man was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a father outside the Channel Park Homes, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced on Friday, Oct. 3. Ronnie Sutton, 52, was convicted on Aug. 19, 2025, after a jury trial before Judge Robert Schwartz. He was found guilty of Murder in the Second Degree, an A-I felony, along with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a C violent felony, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, a D felony. On Friday, Sutton was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Prosecutors had recommended a t…

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Schuylerville-Saratoga, NY
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Car Crashes Into Amish Buggy, Injures Passenger In New York: State Police Car Crashes Into Amish Buggy, Injures Passenger In New York: State Police Car Crashes Into Amish Buggy, Injures Passenger In New York: State Police
Car Crashes Into Amish Buggy, Injures Passenger In New York: State Police A driver crashed into an Amish buggy, injuring one occupant and leaving another unharmed, New York State Police announced on Friday, Oct. 3. Troopers responded to the crash at approximately 7:58 a.m. on Cosby Manor Road in Schuyler (Herkimer County). A preliminary investigation determined that Matthew L. Walker, 45, of Remsen, was driving a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta westbound at an unsafe speed while following a horse-drawn buggy too closely. When he attempted to pass, he struck the buggy, ejecting both men inside, according to police. The buggy’s occupants were identified as Moses J. Swartzen…

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Duanesburg-Delanson, NY
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Driver Killed When BMW Fails To Stop, Collides With Dodge Caravan In Duanesburg: NYSP Driver Killed When BMW Fails To Stop, Collides With Dodge Caravan In Duanesburg: NYSP Driver Killed When BMW Fails To Stop, Collides With Dodge Caravan In Duanesburg: NYSP
Driver Killed When BMW Fails To Stop, Collides With Dodge Caravan In Duanesburg: Nysp A driver died after a two-vehicle crash at a Duanesburg intersection, New York State Police announced on Friday, Oct. 3. A 2007 BMW sedan was traveling south on McGuire School Road and failed to make a complete stop while turning left onto State Route 20, colliding with a westbound 2014 Dodge Caravan at the intersection, according to the preliminary investigation on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 11:39 a.m., troopers explained. The Dodge driver was taken to Ellis Hospital where they died from their injuries, and their identity is being withheld pending family notification, police said. The BMW’s dri…

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Hempstead, NY
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Man Caught With Cocaine, Ketamine, MDMA In West Hempstead: Police Man Caught With Cocaine, Ketamine, MDMA In West Hempstead: Police Man Caught With Cocaine, Ketamine, MDMA In West Hempstead: Police
Man Caught With Cocaine, Ketamine, MDMA In West Hempstead: Police A Brooklyn man was arrested after detectives found him with multiple drugs in West Hempstead, Nassau County police announced on Friday, Oct. 3. Narcotics/Vice Squad Detectives said their investigation led to the arrest of Bomani Drayton, 29, of Delmar Loop, on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025 at 4:13 p.m. Drayton was allegedly in possession of cocaine, ketamine, MDMA, Adderall, and alprazolam, all of which he intended to sell, detectives said. He was charged with two counts of Felony Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree, four counts of Felony Criminal Possession of a Controlled S…

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