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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Nazareth, PA
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911 Calls To Nurse’s ‘Exorcism’ Expose Northampton County Nursing Home Failures: Grand Jury 911 Calls To Nurse’s ‘Exorcism’ Expose Northampton County Nursing Home Failures: Grand Jury 911 Calls To Nurse’s ‘Exorcism’ Expose Northampton County Nursing Home Failures: Grand Jury
911 Calls To Nurse’s ‘Exorcism’ Expose Northampton County Nursing Home Failures: Grand Jury Four desperate 911 calls reporting that a nurse was trying to kill a disabled hospice patient went unanswered for more than 30 minutes, exposing serious failures at a Pennsylvania nursing home, a grand jury found. The findings were detailed in a 71-page report released following a press conference on Thursday, Sept. 10. The investigation examined resident safety at Northampton County-owned Gracedale Nursing Home in Upper Nazareth Township. The grand jury found critical staffing shortages, heavy reliance on costly agency nurses, low employee morale, weak risk management, security concerns, a…

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Harrisburg, PA
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Roommate Uses Samurai Sword To Sever PA Man’s Fingers In Bizarre Attack: Court Docs Roommate Uses Samurai Sword To Sever PA Man’s Fingers In Bizarre Attack: Court Docs Roommate Uses Samurai Sword To Sever PA Man’s Fingers In Bizarre Attack: Court Docs
Roommate Uses Samurai Sword To Sever PA Man’s Fingers In Bizarre Attack: Court Docs A screaming 911 call led Pennsylvania State Police to a blood-covered samurai sword, severed fingers, suspected cocaine, and a bizarre explanation from the man charged in the attack, court documents show. Troopers were called to a home on Ridge Road in Franklin Township, Butler County, around 11:24 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 7, after several people were heard screaming over the phone, according to an affidavit obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Sept. 10. One person yelled that his fingers had been cut off, investigators wrote. When troopers arrived, the injured man said his roommate, Brandon …

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Media, PA
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$60K Senior Scam Lands 5 Charges, Including NJ Mom Charged In Little League Theft: Police $60K Senior Scam Lands 5 Charges, Including NJ Mom Charged In Little League Theft: Police $60K Senior Scam Lands 5 Charges, Including NJ Mom Charged In Little League Theft: Police
$60K Senior Scam Lands 5 Charges, Including NJ Mom Charged In Little League Theft: Police A New Jersey mom charged with stealing more than $7,000 from Media Little League is now wanted in connection with a nearly $60,000 fraud scheme targeting a senior citizen across Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, police said. Robin Massing, 57, of Audubon, New Jersey, was among five people charged following a four-month Nether Providence Township Police investigation, the department announced Thursday, Sept. 10. The victim reported that $58,600 was drained from a TD Bank checking account through five fraudulent in-person withdrawals and a wire transfer between May 8 and May 11, accordi…

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Warrington-Jamison, PA
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Baton-Wielding Driver Chases, Punches Motorist In Road Rage: Warrington Police Baton-Wielding Driver Chases, Punches Motorist In Road Rage: Warrington Police Baton-Wielding Driver Chases, Punches Motorist In Road Rage: Warrington Police
Baton-Wielding Driver Chases, Punches Motorist In Road Rage: Warrington Police A driver armed with an expandable baton chased another motorist into a vacant lot before punching him during a road-rage confrontation in Pennsylvania, police announced on Thursday, Sept. 10. The confrontation began at the intersection of Street and Easton roads in Warrington Township, Bucks County around 10:27 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 7, according to Warrington Township Police. The victim told investigators he had pulled out of the Creekview Shopping Center and entered the left lane while driving on a flat tire when a Jeep cut in front of him. As traffic slowed for a red light, the Jeep’s dr…

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Carlisle, PA
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Hours-Long Standoff Over Missing Kentucky Person Ends With Knife Found At Jail: Carlisle Police Hours-Long Standoff Over Missing Kentucky Person Ends With Knife Found At Jail: Carlisle Police Hours-Long Standoff Over Missing Kentucky Person Ends With Knife Found At Jail: Carlisle Police
Hours-Long Standoff Over Missing Kentucky Person Ends With Knife Found At Jail: Carlisle Police A missing person from Kentucky was found safe inside a Pennsylvania home following hours of negotiations that ended with the tenant’s arrest and the discovery of a concealed knife, police announced Thursday, Sept. 10. Carlisle police went to a home in the first block of South Pitt Street on Wednesday, Sept. 9, while investigating the missing person’s whereabouts. Officers saw signs indicating the person was inside and spent hours negotiating with the tenant, 43-year-old Michael Boyd Sr., asking him to allow the person to come to the door, according to the department. Police eventually obta…

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Myerstown, PA
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PA ‘Predator Catcher’ Stabbed In NY Tim Hortons Brawl Involving Infant: Reports PA ‘Predator Catcher’ Stabbed In NY Tim Hortons Brawl Involving Infant: Reports PA ‘Predator Catcher’ Stabbed In NY Tim Hortons Brawl Involving Infant: Reports
PA ‘Predator Catcher’ Stabbed In NY Tim Hortons Brawl Involving Infant: Reports A Pennsylvania social media influencer who was stabbed while confronting two men he accused of targeting children is now facing charges stemming from the New York brawl, court records show. Nicholas Attalla, known online as “Niky Sal,” was arrested on Friday, Sept. 4, on charges of third-degree assault, second-degree criminal nuisance, and endangering the welfare of a child. Attalla, of Erie, was arraigned that day and pleaded not guilty, according to online court records. The charges stem from a fight inside a Tim Hortons in Jamestown on Dec. 13, 2025, according to WGRZ, Erie News Now, an…

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Whitehall-Coplay, PA
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Whitehall KidsPeace Worker Broke 10-Year-Old Boy's Fingers During Restraint, Video Shows: DA Whitehall KidsPeace Worker Broke 10-Year-Old Boy's Fingers During Restraint, Video Shows: DA Whitehall KidsPeace Worker Broke 10-Year-Old Boy's Fingers During Restraint, Video Shows: DA
Whitehall KidsPeace Worker Broke 10-Year-Old Boy's Fingers During Restraint, Video Shows: DA A former KidsPeace employee intentionally bent a 10-year-old boy’s fingers backward during a restraint, breaking fingers on both hands and leaving the child without medical care for nearly two days, authorities announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Kellin Jesse Miller, 30, of Whitehall, was supervising the boy at the KidsPeace facility at 5300 KidsPeace Drive in North Whitehall Township when the assault occurred, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan said. The child was receiving inpatient treatment at the facility at the time. Surveillance video showed Miller alone with the boy and bendi…

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Huntington, NY
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Huntington Massage Therapist Allegedly Finds Client On Facebook After Assault: PD Seeks Victims Huntington Massage Therapist Allegedly Finds Client On Facebook After Assault: PD Seeks Victims Huntington Massage Therapist Allegedly Finds Client On Facebook After Assault: PD Seeks Victims
Huntington Massage Therapist Allegedly Finds Client On Facebook After Assault: PD Seeks Victims Police are seeking possible additional victims after a massage therapist allegedly forcibly touched a client, then found her Facebook page months later and messaged her about his new workplace. Steven Dunn, 39, of Syosset, was working at Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa at 315 Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station when he allegedly inappropriately touched the woman as she lay on a massage table around noon on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, Suffolk County Police said. The woman did not initially report the incident. But on Sept. 1, Dunn allegedly found the woman’s Facebook page and me…

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Royersford-Limerick, PA
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Vintage Navy Training Plane Crashes At Limerick Airport, 1 Hospitalized Vintage Navy Training Plane Crashes At Limerick Airport, 1 Hospitalized Vintage Navy Training Plane Crashes At Limerick Airport, 1 Hospitalized
Vintage Navy Training Plane Crashes At Limerick Airport, 1 Hospitalized A privately owned vintage Navy training plane crashed in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, officials said. Emergency crews were called around 7:15 p.m. Sept. 9 to Heritage Field Airport in the 3300 block of West Ridge Pike in Limerick Township, Montgomery County. The aircraft was identified as a North American T-6 Texan, also known as an SNJ in Navy service. It came to rest in a grassy area beside what appeared to be the runway. The gray plane had yellow stripes on its wings, and first responders were seen examining it around 8 p.m. One person was taken to a hospital, officials said. Th…

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Rocky Point, NY
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Man Killed In Head-On Rocky Point Crash: Police Man Killed In Head-On Rocky Point Crash: Police Man Killed In Head-On Rocky Point Crash: Police
Man Killed In Head-On Rocky Point Crash: Police A 44-year-old man was killed and another driver was injured in a head-on crash on Long Island on Wednesday afternoon, police said. David Maiman of Middle Island was driving a 2020 Lexus north on Rocky Point Yaphank Road around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Suffolk County Police. A Jeep traveling southbound then veered into the northbound lanes, striking Maiman's Lexus, police said in an update Monday, Oct. 5. Maiman was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Jeep driver, Ferdi Reyes Garcia, 45, of Port Jefferson, was taken to the same hospital …

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