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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Susquehanna Township, PA
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Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Susquehanna, Driver Charged: Affidavit Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Susquehanna, Driver Charged: Affidavit Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Susquehanna, Driver Charged: Affidavit
Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Susquehanna, Driver Charged: Affidavit A child suffered a fractured left arm and shoulder when an SUV driver failed to stop for a school bus’s flashing red lights in Dauphin County on Friday, Oct. 9, police wrote in court documents. William M. Hanna Sr., 82, of Harrisburg, is charged with felony aggravated assault by vehicle, along with summary counts of failing to stop for a school bus and reckless driving, according to the criminal complaint. Daily Voice obtained court documents on Friday, Oct. 16. Susquehanna Township police responded to Crooked Hill Road and Dogwood Drive at approximately 6:30 a.m., where Officer Jeremy Wey…

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Nazareth, PA
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Nazareth Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files Nazareth Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files Nazareth Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files
Nazareth Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to prison for possessing more than 100 photos and videos of child sexual abuse after a cybertip led investigators to his Northampton County home and workplace, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 16. Matthew John Kocher, 32, of Nazareth, was sentenced this week in Northampton County Court to 12 to 24 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to numerous felony counts of sexual abuse of children, according to Attorney General Dave Sunday. Kocher will also serve three years of probation and be subject to sex offender supervision conditions following…

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police 3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police 3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police
3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police Three Philadelphia schools were placed on lockdown or evacuated after threats believed to have come from the same caller on Friday morning, Oct. 16, police said. The threats targeted Masterman School, the School of the Future, and Benjamin Franklin High School, prompting precautionary security measures and police responses at all three locations, according to Philadelphia Police Officer Tanya Little. At Masterman School, located at 1699 Spring Garden Street, a lockdown began around 8:30 a.m. The school was cleared by police at 9:31 a.m. Benjamin Franklin High School, at 550 North Broad Str…

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Allentown, PA
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Fight Over Text Messages Ends In 4 Shot Near Muhlenberg College, Allentown Man Convicted Fight Over Text Messages Ends In 4 Shot Near Muhlenberg College, Allentown Man Convicted Fight Over Text Messages Ends In 4 Shot Near Muhlenberg College, Allentown Man Convicted
Fight Over Text Messages Ends In 4 Shot Near Muhlenberg College, Allentown Man Convicted A Pennsylvania man who opened fire into a crowd near Muhlenberg College in Allentown, shooting four people after a fight over text messages, has been convicted of attempted homicide, prosecutors announced Friday, Oct. 16. Axel Suarez Vidal, 25, of Allentown, was found guilty Thursday, Oct. 15, of attempted homicide, three counts of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, and seven counts of recklessly endangering another person, according to Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan. The shooting happened around 6:45 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2024, outside a home at 1837 West Turner…

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Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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PA Stabbing Victim, Accused Killer ID'd After SWAT Barricade Standoff (UPDATE) PA Stabbing Victim, Accused Killer ID'd After SWAT Barricade Standoff (UPDATE) PA Stabbing Victim, Accused Killer ID'd After SWAT Barricade Standoff (UPDATE)
PA Stabbing Victim, Accused Killer ID'd After SWAT Barricade Standoff (Update) The victim and accused killer in a fatal West Philadelphia stabbing that sparked a SWAT barricade standoff have been identified, police announced Friday, Oct. 16. Mark Burton, 53, was stabbed multiple times in the unit block of North Edgewood Street on Thursday morning, Oct. 15, according to Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson Officer Tanya Little. Marvis Davis, 52, who lives on the same block, has been charged with murder and related offenses in Burton's killing, Little said. Officers from the 19th District responded to a report of a person with a weapon around 9:03 a.m. and found…

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West Babylon, NY
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Classic Chevy Crosses Into Oncoming Traffic, Seriously Injures Driver In West Babylon Crash Classic Chevy Crosses Into Oncoming Traffic, Seriously Injures Driver In West Babylon Crash Classic Chevy Crosses Into Oncoming Traffic, Seriously Injures Driver In West Babylon Crash
Classic Chevy Crosses Into Oncoming Traffic, Seriously Injures Driver In West Babylon Crash A 68-year-old man was seriously injured when his classic Chevrolet crossed into oncoming traffic and struck another vehicle on Long Island, leaving three people hospitalized, police said. The two-vehicle crash happened on Little East Neck Road in West Babylon at approximately 3:25 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, according to Suffolk County Police. The man was driving a 1966 Chevrolet southbound when he crossed into the opposite lane and struck a 2011 Chrysler, police said. The Chevrolet driver, a Babylon resident, suffered serious injuries, while the 62-year-old West Babylon woman driving the Chry…

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Susquehanna Township, PA
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Burning Car Rolls Backward, Slams Into School Bus In Susquehanna Twp. Crash Burning Car Rolls Backward, Slams Into School Bus In Susquehanna Twp. Crash Burning Car Rolls Backward, Slams Into School Bus In Susquehanna Twp. Crash
Burning Car Rolls Backward, Slams Into School Bus In Susquehanna Twp. Crash A car engulfed in flames rolled backward, sideswiped another vehicle, and crashed into a school bus in the Harrisburg area on Thursday evening, Oct. 15, police said. The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. on North Progress Avenue just south of Garrison Avenue in Susquehanna Township, according to the Susquehanna Township Police Department. The vehicle caught fire before rolling backward, striking a second vehicle, and crashing into the school bus, police said. All occupants of the three vehicles escaped safely, and emergency medical personnel reported no injuries, according to police. A witn…

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Uniondale, NY
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E-Bike Rider, 63, Thrown Over Handlebars In Uniondale Crash, Police Say E-Bike Rider, 63, Thrown Over Handlebars In Uniondale Crash, Police Say E-Bike Rider, 63, Thrown Over Handlebars In Uniondale Crash, Police Say
E-Bike Rider, 63, Thrown Over Handlebars In Uniondale Crash, Police Say A 63-year-old man suffered a head injury after being thrown over the handlebars of his electric bicycle in a Long Island crash on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 15, police said. The crash happened around 3:20 p.m. in Uniondale, where the man was riding westbound on Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, according to Nassau County Police. He struck a curb at the intersection of Earle Ovington Boulevard, sending him over the handlebars, investigators said. The man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of a head injury and was listed in stable condition, police said. No other injuries were reported.

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Lower Makefield-Yardley, PA
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NJ Deputy Attorney General From Lower Makefield Arrested In PA For AI Child Sex Abuse Material NJ Deputy Attorney General From Lower Makefield Arrested In PA For AI Child Sex Abuse Material NJ Deputy Attorney General From Lower Makefield Arrested In PA For AI Child Sex Abuse Material
NJ Deputy Attorney General From Lower Makefield Arrested In PA For AI Child Sex Abuse Material A New Jersey deputy attorney general has been arrested in Pennsylvania after investigators said he used artificial intelligence to create and distribute child sexual abuse material and shared images depicting real children, authorities announced Thursday, Oct. 15. Brian Richard Fitzgerald, 51, of the Yardley area of Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, was arrested at his home in the 900 block of Edgewood Road on Thursday morning, according to information released by the Bucks County District Attorney's Office and updated Friday, Oct. 16. Fitzgerald works as a deputy attorney general for…

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Mercersburg, PA
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PA Wife Choked Husband To Death During Fight, Told Police She 'Didn't Mean To Kill Him' PA Wife Choked Husband To Death During Fight, Told Police She 'Didn't Mean To Kill Him' PA Wife Choked Husband To Death During Fight, Told Police She 'Didn't Mean To Kill Him'
PA Wife Choked Husband To Death During Fight, Told Police She 'Didn't Mean To Kill Him' A Pennsylvania woman choked her husband to death during a fight at their home, then repeatedly apologized as emergency crews tried to save him, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Oct. 15. Wendy L. Wolf, 49, of Salisbury Borough, Somerset County, is charged with strangulation, involuntary manslaughter, and aggravated assault in the death of her husband, Kenneth Wayne Wolf Jr., 60, Pennsylvania State Police said. Troopers were called to the couple's home at 158 Chestnut Street around 6:40 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, for a domestic altercation involving a 60-year-old…

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