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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New Cumberland-Lemoyne, PA
Breaking News
Classmate, Teacher Help Expose Child Rape: PA Attorney General Classmate, Teacher Help Expose Child Rape: PA Attorney General Classmate, Teacher Help Expose Child Rape: PA Attorney General
Classmate, Teacher Help Expose Child Rape: PA Attorney General A pre-teen’s disclosure to a classmate and teacher helped uncover a child rape case that sent a man to prison, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Sunday, Sept. 14. Elias Dominguez was sentenced to 21¾ to 43½ years in prison after his conviction last year for rape and related offenses involving an 11-year-old child, the attorney general said. The abuse happened at a Hazleton home in 2019, according to the release. The child told a classmate about the abuse, and the classmate alerted a teacher. The teacher then reported the allegations to ChildLine, launching the investigati…

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Manheim, PA
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PA, NJ Ren Faire Performer From Manheim Honored After Death At 43 PA, NJ Ren Faire Performer From Manheim Honored After Death At 43 PA, NJ Ren Faire Performer From Manheim Honored After Death At 43
PA, NJ Ren Faire Performer From Manheim Honored After Death At 43 A woman whose childhood dream of performing at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire became reality — and later took her to Renaissance stages across Pennsylvania and New Jersey — was honored Saturday, Sept. 19, at the place she said captured her heart when she was just 5 years old. Shannon Maria Jones, 43, also known to fairegoers as Lady Amanda Chase and online as Shannon’s Sunflowers, died in early August while on an Alaskan cruise with her mother, Tamara Sweitzer. Jones had been living with four incurable diseases that damaged her lungs, her mother wrote in announcing her death. “She pass…

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Chambersburg, PA
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Man ID’d After Fatal Head-On Route 30 Crash With Tractor-Trailer: PSP Chambersburg Man ID’d After Fatal Head-On Route 30 Crash With Tractor-Trailer: PSP Chambersburg Man ID’d After Fatal Head-On Route 30 Crash With Tractor-Trailer: PSP Chambersburg
Man ID’d After Fatal Head-On Route 30 Crash With Tractor-Trailer: PSP Chambersburg The man killed in a head-on crash with a tractor-trailer on Route 30 has been identified, Pennsylvania State Police announced Saturday, Sept. 19. Robert F. Stevens, 77, of Glen Rock, York County, died in the crash near 9823 Lincoln Way West in St. Thomas Township, Franklin County, at 4:50 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, according to state police in Chambersburg. Stevens was driving a 2013 Dodge Caravan east when he crossed the double yellow line into the westbound lane for an unknown reason, police said. His minivan struck a westbound 1996 Peterbilt 379 tractor-trailer head-on, according to the rel…

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Five Towns, NY
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Drugged Driver Strikes Bicyclist In Five Towns: Police Drugged Driver Strikes Bicyclist In Five Towns: Police Drugged Driver Strikes Bicyclist In Five Towns: Police
Drugged Driver Strikes Bicyclist In Five Towns: Police A stationary bicyclist was critically injured when a Subaru struck him in a suspected drug-impaired crash on Long Island, police announced Saturday, Sept. 19. The 31-year-old man was stopped on his bicycle near Nassau Expressway and Burnside Avenue in Inwood when he was hit at 10:11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, according to Nassau County Police. A 2018 Subaru traveling east on Burnside Avenue struck the bicyclist, investigators said. The driver remained at the scene, police said. Michael Mayosky, 51, of East Meadow, was arrested without incident. The bicyclist was taken to an area hospital, wh…

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Farmingdale, NY
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More Victims Feared After CNA Forcibly Touched Disabled Patient, Nassau County Police Say More Victims Feared After CNA Forcibly Touched Disabled Patient, Nassau County Police Say More Victims Feared After CNA Forcibly Touched Disabled Patient, Nassau County Police Say
More Victims Feared After CNA Forcibly Touched Disabled Patient, Nassau County Police Say Police are searching for more potential victims after a certified nursing assistant forcibly touched a disabled woman twice at a New York rehabilitation center, authorities announced Saturday, Sept. 19. The incidents happened on Long Island at Surge Rehabilitation and Nursing, located at 49 Oakcrest Ave. in Middle Island, on Thursday, Sept. 3, and Friday, Sept. 4, according to Suffolk County Police. The 32-year-old patient told another certified nursing assistant what had happened, police said. That employee called 911. The patient was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital for an evalua…

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Lebanon, PA
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Teen In Custody After Man Targeted, Shot Dead In Lebanon: Police Teen In Custody After Man Targeted, Shot Dead In Lebanon: Police Teen In Custody After Man Targeted, Shot Dead In Lebanon: Police
Teen In Custody After Man Targeted, Shot Dead In Lebanon: Police A teenager is in custody after a man was targeted in a fatal shooting in Pennsylvania, police announced Saturday, Sept. 19. Alex Montes-Rivera, 19, was charged Friday, Sept. 18, in connection with the shooting that killed Daniel Matos, 33, of Lebanon, according to the Lebanon City Police Department. Montes-Rivera faces charges of homicide, flight to avoid apprehension, and firearms not to be carried without a license, police said. He was in police custody as of Saturday morning, according to the update. Police did not release details about where or how he was taken into custody. Matos was…

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National Interest
Low-Flying F-16 Rattles Adams County During Camp David Intercept Low-Flying F-16 Rattles Adams County During Camp David Intercept Low-Flying F-16 Rattles Adams County During Camp David Intercept
Low-Flying F-16 Rattles Adams County During Camp David Intercept A low-flying F-16 startled residents across parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland while intercepting a civilian aircraft near Camp David on Saturday morning, Sept. 19, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command. The fighter jet intercepted the small aircraft near the presidential retreat in Thurmont, Maryland, around 7:50 a.m., NORAD said. The F-16 deployed flares to get the pilot’s attention during the interception. “The flares were used to draw attention from or communicate with the pilot,” NORAD said. “Flares are employed with the highest regard for safety, burn out quickly …

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Waynesboro, PA
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Patients Put At Risk By Pennsylvania Doctor’s Prescriptions: AG Patients Put At Risk By Pennsylvania Doctor’s Prescriptions: AG Patients Put At Risk By Pennsylvania Doctor’s Prescriptions: AG
Patients Put At Risk By Pennsylvania Doctor’s Prescriptions: AG A Pennsylvania doctor has been sent to state prison after illegally prescribing controlled substances in a case that put patients at risk, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Tuesday, Sept. 15. Dr. Raphael Benjamin Kon, 62, of Noxen, was sentenced Monday to 14 to 48 months in prison after pleading guilty in August to unlawful administration, dispensing, delivery, gift, or prescription of a Schedule II controlled substance. Kon continuously prescribed controlled substances without assessing patients’ increased risk of abuse, diversion, or overdose against any medical benefit, according to…

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Ephrata, PA
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Man Runs Into PA Turnpike Traffic, Causes Injury Crash, Hides In Marsh: PSP Man Runs Into PA Turnpike Traffic, Causes Injury Crash, Hides In Marsh: PSP Man Runs Into PA Turnpike Traffic, Causes Injury Crash, Hides In Marsh: PSP
Man Runs Into PA Turnpike Traffic, Causes Injury Crash, Hides In Marsh: PSP A man ran into traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, caused a two-vehicle crash that injured both drivers, and then hid in a nearby marsh, state police told Daily Voice. Andrew Chase Riehl, 24, of Ephrata, was running westbound through the eastbound lanes of Interstate 76 near mile marker 285.4 in East Cocalico Township around 9:27 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, according to Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Richard Levan. His actions caused two vehicles to crash, Levan said. One driver suffered a broken leg, while the other sustained a broken finger, according to PSP. Witnesses then saw Riehl …

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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SUV Driver Strikes Philadelphia Highway Patrol Officer, Flees: Police SUV Driver Strikes Philadelphia Highway Patrol Officer, Flees: Police SUV Driver Strikes Philadelphia Highway Patrol Officer, Flees: Police
SUV Driver Strikes Philadelphia Highway Patrol Officer, Flees: Police A woman struck a Philadelphia Highway Patrol officer with an SUV while he was directing traffic, then sped away before being apprehended elsewhere in the city, police announced Friday, Sept. 18. The officer was working a traffic detail at Ridge Avenue and Stanton Street when the 42-year-old woman approached the intersection in a dark blue Audi SUV, according to Philadelphia police. She disregarded the officer's traffic commands and struck him with the Audi before fleeing southbound on Ridge Avenue, the preliminary investigation found. Police later located and apprehended the woman at 32nd …

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