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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Paradise-Gap, PA
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York County Grandfather ID'd As Man Killed When RV Slipped Off Jack While Changing Tire York County Grandfather ID'd As Man Killed When RV Slipped Off Jack While Changing Tire York County Grandfather ID'd As Man Killed When RV Slipped Off Jack While Changing Tire
York County Grandfather ID'd As Man Killed When RV Slipped Off Jack While Changing Tire A man crushed beneath an RV while changing a tire in Pennsylvania has been identified, officials announced on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Robert “Bob” William Emig, 72, of Abbottstown, died from blunt force trauma caused by a crush injury, according to the York County Coroner’s Office. His death was ruled accidental. The coroner’s office listed Emig as 79, but his obituary states that he was born on May 5, 1954, making him 72. Emig was working on the RV at his Pine Road home in Paradise Township when the hydraulic jack supporting it apparently slipped, causing the vehicle to fall on top of him on…

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Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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Truckloads Of Cocaine, $17M Seized In Pennsylvania Cartel Takedown: Feds Truckloads Of Cocaine, $17M Seized In Pennsylvania Cartel Takedown: Feds Truckloads Of Cocaine, $17M Seized In Pennsylvania Cartel Takedown: Feds
Truckloads Of Cocaine, $17M Seized In Pennsylvania Cartel Takedown: Feds A major Philadelphia drug trafficking organization moved hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Mexico and pushed up to $10 million worth of the drug onto city streets each month, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday, Sept. 23. Ten people have been indicted in the takedown of the Jones-Basley Drug Trafficking Organization, which coordinated with a Mexican drug cartel to transport cocaine into Philadelphia, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. More than $8 million worth of cocaine and multiple firearms were seized locally, while seizures connected…

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Lebanon, PA
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Lebanon County Man Stood Over Sleeping Ex-Wife, Beat Her With Gun, Shot Her 5 Times: DA Lebanon County Man Stood Over Sleeping Ex-Wife, Beat Her With Gun, Shot Her 5 Times: DA Lebanon County Man Stood Over Sleeping Ex-Wife, Beat Her With Gun, Shot Her 5 Times: DA
Lebanon County Man Stood Over Sleeping Ex-Wife, Beat Her With Gun, Shot Her 5 Times: DA A Pennsylvania woman awoke from a nap to find her ex-husband standing over her with a loaded gun before he beat her in the face and shot her five times as she fought for her life, prosecutors said. Darrell Long, 63, of North Lebanon Township, was convicted by a Lebanon County jury on Tuesday, Sept. 22, of attempted homicide, two counts of aggravated assault, burglary, and harassment, according to a release issued by District Attorney Pier Hess Graf's office on Wednesday, Sept. 23. The attack happened on March 25, 2025, after Dawn Long returned home from work and fell asleep on her couch, pr…

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Ephrata, PA
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Walmart Scissor Lift Collapse Hospitalizes Two Workers In Ephrata: Dispatch Walmart Scissor Lift Collapse Hospitalizes Two Workers In Ephrata: Dispatch Walmart Scissor Lift Collapse Hospitalizes Two Workers In Ephrata: Dispatch
Walmart Scissor Lift Collapse Hospitalizes Two Workers In Ephrata: Dispatch Two employees were hospitalized after a scissor lift collapsed inside a Lancaster County Walmart late Wednesday night, Sept. 23, according to emergency dispatchers. Emergency crews were called to the Walmart on East Main Street in Ephrata Borough at 11:43 p.m. for a rescue, dispatchers told Daily Voice. Inside the store, a scissor lift had collapsed, damaging shelving and trapping two employees, according to dispatch. Both workers had to be rescued from the wreckage and were taken to an area hospital with injuries. Their conditions were not immediately available. It was unclear what cause…

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Lampeter-Strasburg, PA
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Bicyclist Killed In Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Lancaster County: Coroner Bicyclist Killed In Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Lancaster County: Coroner Bicyclist Killed In Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Lancaster County: Coroner
Bicyclist Killed In Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Lancaster County: Coroner A bicyclist has been identified after he was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer in Pennsylvania, authorities announced. The crash happened in the area of 485 Weaverland Valley Road in East Earl Township at approximately 9:33 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. The bicyclist was identified as 58-year-old Wilmer Leid of Denver, the coroner's office said. A coroner investigator responded to the scene and pronounced Leid dead. His body was taken to the Lancaster County Forensic Center for further investigation. Leid died from multiple b…

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York, PA
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I-83 Hit-Run Leaves Truck Driver Injured In York County: PSP I-83 Hit-Run Leaves Truck Driver Injured In York County: PSP I-83 Hit-Run Leaves Truck Driver Injured In York County: PSP
I-83 Hit-Run Leaves Truck Driver Injured In York County: PSP A truck driver was injured in a hit-and-run crash while standing outside his rig along Interstate 83 in York County, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Sept. 24. The crash happened on I-83 North at mile marker 2 in Shrewsbury Township around 9:48 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, according to Trooper James Grothey. A preliminary investigation found that a tractor-trailer was parked on the shoulder when its driver got out to inspect something on the truck, police said. While he was outside the rig, a vehicle traveling north struck him, according to PSP. The vehicle continued north o…

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Harrisburg, PA
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PA Dentist Reopens Practice After HIV, Hepatitis Exposure Probe PA Dentist Reopens Practice After HIV, Hepatitis Exposure Probe PA Dentist Reopens Practice After HIV, Hepatitis Exposure Probe
PA Dentist Reopens Practice After HIV, Hepatitis Exposure Probe A dentist whose license was suspended amid concerns that infection-control problems may have exposed patients to hepatitis and HIV has returned to practice after reaching an agreement with Pennsylvania regulators, the practice owner told Daily Voice on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Kirti Chopra, D.D.S., had her license reinstated by the Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry on July 17 under a consent agreement that placed her on four years of probation, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her Center City practice, formerly known as Smiles at Rittenhouse Square and Smiles on the Square, reop…

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Bensalem, PA
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FL Sex Offender Convicted Of Home Invasion, Attempted Assault Of 'Tasty' Bensalme Woman FL Sex Offender Convicted Of Home Invasion, Attempted Assault Of 'Tasty' Bensalme Woman FL Sex Offender Convicted Of Home Invasion, Attempted Assault Of 'Tasty' Bensalme Woman
FL Sex Offender Convicted Of Home Invasion, Attempted Assault Of 'Tasty' Bensalme Woman A registered sex offender has been convicted of a home invasion and assault of a woman inside her Pennsylvania apartment, authorities announced on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Louis Sophie, 46, of Southampton Road in Philadelphia, was convicted following a waiver trial before Bucks County Common Pleas Court Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr., according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The charges stem from an attack at the Lafayette Gardens apartment complex at 520 Bristol Pike in Bensalem Township around 2:48 p.m. on Oct. 28, 2025. Sophie entered the woman's apartment through an unlocked…

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by Jillian Pikora
National Interest
Super Bowl Champ, Penn State Coach Charged With DUI After Nearly 3X Legal BAC: Police Super Bowl Champ, Penn State Coach Charged With DUI After Nearly 3X Legal BAC: Police Super Bowl Champ, Penn State Coach Charged With DUI After Nearly 3X Legal BAC: Police
Super Bowl Champ, Penn State Coach Charged With DUI After Nearly 3X Legal BAC: Police A Super Bowl champion who went from starring at Penn State to the NFL before returning to coach the Nittany Lions has been charged with DUI after police say he was found passed out behind the wheel in downtown State College with a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit. Jordan Gerard Lucas, 33, Penn State's assistant cornerbacks coach, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of DUI and three summary traffic offenses on Tuesday, Sept. 22, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice and Penn State's current football staff directory. The case stems from shortly be…

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Northampton, PA
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Viral Northampton Wawa Car Fire Video Gets National Attention As Firefighters Battle Hose Viral Northampton Wawa Car Fire Video Gets National Attention As Firefighters Battle Hose Viral Northampton Wawa Car Fire Video Gets National Attention As Firefighters Battle Hose
Viral Northampton Wawa Car Fire Video Gets National Attention As Firefighters Battle Hose A Pennsylvania fire crew's battle with a burning vehicle — and its own wildly spraying hose — has gone viral. Video from a car fire outside the Wawa on Nor-Bath Boulevard near Savage Road in Allen Township, Northampton County, shows a vehicle engulfed in flames as a firefighter attempts to direct a charged hose toward it. But once the water starts flowing, the force repeatedly pushes the firefighter backward as the hose swings wildly from side to side, spraying water across the Wawa parking lot while the vehicle continues to burn. A second firefighter can be seen farther back on the hose. …

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