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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Upper Macungie, PA
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Chobani To Take Over Upper Macungie Plant In $1.2B Deal Creating 900 Jobs Chobani To Take Over Upper Macungie Plant In $1.2B Deal Creating 900 Jobs Chobani To Take Over Upper Macungie Plant In $1.2B Deal Creating 900 Jobs
Chobani To Take Over Upper Macungie Plant In $1.2B Deal Creating 900 Jobs Chobani is starting its first Pennsylvania manufacturing operation through a $1.2 billion investment expected to create more than 900 full-time jobs over the next five years. The company will take over Keurig Dr Pepper’s 1.5 million-square-foot manufacturing facility at 7356 Industrial Boulevard in Upper Macungie Township, in the Lehigh Valley, officials announced Tuesday, Sept. 1. Production is expected to begin in 2027. At full scale, the plant is expected to process more than 3 billion pounds of Pennsylvania milk each year — about 30 percent of the milk currently produced statewide, acc…

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by Jillian Pikora
Harrisburg, PA
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Bald Eagle Shot With Air Rifle, Left To Die Along PA Trail: Game Commission Bald Eagle Shot With Air Rifle, Left To Die Along PA Trail: Game Commission Bald Eagle Shot With Air Rifle, Left To Die Along PA Trail: Game Commission
Bald Eagle Shot With Air Rifle, Left To Die Along PA Trail: Game Commission A bald eagle died after it was shot with an air rifle and found injured along a Pennsylvania trail, wildlife officials announced on Tuesday, Sept. 1. A state game warden was called to the Westmoreland Heritage Trail near Beaver Run Reservoir in Salem Township on Tuesday, Aug. 25, for a report of an injured young eagle lying in the woods, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The juvenile eagle was recovered but died from its injuries before it could be taken to a wildlife rehabilitator, officials said. During a necropsy, the warden discovered what appeared to be an air-rifle pelle…

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Reading, PA
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Man With Samurai Sword Tried To Enter Poconos Church: Police Man With Samurai Sword Tried To Enter Poconos Church: Police Man With Samurai Sword Tried To Enter Poconos Church: Police
Man With Samurai Sword Tried To Enter Poconos Church: Police A man carrying a samurai sword tried to enter a Poconos church, prompting the building to go into lockdown on Sunday, Aug. 30, police said. Peter Gershon Wonsia, 30, of White Haven, was outside Pocono Lake Bible Church at 354 Route 940 in Blakeslee around 10:56 a.m. when he tried to get inside while armed with the sword, according to Pocono Mountain Regional Police Chief Chris Wagner. Wonsia was asked to leave after refusing to remove the weapon, police said. He repeatedly said he “cannot leave” and “needed to go in,” authorities said. The church went into lockdown as Wonsia remained outsi…

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by Jillian Pikora
Harrisburg, PA
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Harrisburg Man Tossed Bag With Altered Gun, Drugs During Chase Before Crashing Into Porch: PSP Harrisburg Man Tossed Bag With Altered Gun, Drugs During Chase Before Crashing Into Porch: PSP Harrisburg Man Tossed Bag With Altered Gun, Drugs During Chase Before Crashing Into Porch: PSP
Harrisburg Man Tossed Bag With Altered Gun, Drugs During Chase Before Crashing Into Porch: PSP A man tossed a bag from his SUV during a police chase before crashing into a residential porch and taking off on foot, Pennsylvania State Police said. The chase began around 7:09 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, when members of the Pennsylvania State Police Troop H Incident Reaction Team attempted to stop a black Jeep SUV for several vehicle code violations at Radnor and Jefferson streets in Harrisburg, according to a release issued Tuesday, Sept. 1. The driver, later identified as Romell Devine McMillan of Harrisburg, refused to stop and fled, prompting a pursuit, police said. During the chase, t…

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Chambersburg, PA
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PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Off PA Turnpike, Striking Tree: State Police Chambersburg PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Off PA Turnpike, Striking Tree: State Police Chambersburg PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Off PA Turnpike, Striking Tree: State Police Chambersburg
PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Off PA Turnpike, Striking Tree: State Police Chambersburg A PNC vice president was killed when his SUV veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike, went down an embankment, and struck a tree early Tuesday, Sept. 1, state police said and public records show. Christopher M. Ruane, 55, of Canonsburg, was driving a 2020 Acura MDX west on Interstate 76 in Fannett Township, Franklin County, around 5:20 a.m. when the crash happened near mile marker 195.9, according to an updated Pennsylvania State Police release. Ruane was traveling "at a high rate of speed" when the Acura veered off the roadway, traveled down an embankment, and struck a tree, police said. He …

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by Jillian Pikora
Susquehanna Township, PA
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PA Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (UPDATE) PA Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (UPDATE) PA Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (UPDATE)
PA Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (Update) A correctional sergeant, his wife, and their two children were killed when their car plunged about 60 feet down a steep embankment on Saturday, Aug. 29, state police said. Pennsylvania State Troopers were called around 10:16 a.m. to the area of 1365 Rock Mountain Drive in Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, where first responders found the sedan down the embankment. Peter Thatcher, 45, and Sandra Thatcher, 45, both of Tunkhannock, police said, died in the crash along with their 11-year-old son, Noah, and 10-year-old daughter, Layla. Public records, their school, and their church later iden…

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Norristown, PA
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'White Girl,’ ‘Half A Brick’: Wiretaps Detail Montco Cocaine, Marijuana Ring 'White Girl,’ ‘Half A Brick’: Wiretaps Detail Montco Cocaine, Marijuana Ring 'White Girl,’ ‘Half A Brick’: Wiretaps Detail Montco Cocaine, Marijuana Ring
'White Girl,’ ‘Half A Brick’: Wiretaps Detail Montco Cocaine, Marijuana Ring A suspected drug network used code words including “white girl,” “dirtbike,” and even the names of NFL players while moving cocaine and marijuana through the region, investigators announced on Monday, Aug. 31. Ten people have been charged following the months-long investigation, which led authorities to seize more than 250 pounds of marijuana, 7.5 ounces of cocaine, 12 firearms, and approximately $110,000 in cash, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele explained. But a nearly 200-page affidavit obtained by Daily Voice on Monday details how investigators say the sprawling operat…

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Hanover-Penn Township, PA
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Armed Hanover Man Tried To Meet '15-Year-Old Girl' For Sex After Year Of Messages: Police Armed Hanover Man Tried To Meet '15-Year-Old Girl' For Sex After Year Of Messages: Police Armed Hanover Man Tried To Meet '15-Year-Old Girl' For Sex After Year Of Messages: Police
Armed Hanover Man Tried To Meet '15-Year-Old Girl' For Sex After Year Of Messages: Police A 38-year-old Pennsylvania man who spent about a year messaging someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl was arrested when he showed up armed to meet her for sex, police announced on Monday, Aug. 31. Michael Alan Beard, of Hanover, was taken into custody in the Irvin Park area of Curwensville Borough on Saturday, Aug. 29, according to police and court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Monday. The "girl" Beard had been communicating with was actually a decoy, police said. For approximately a year, Beard contacted the decoy online and repeatedly discussed wanting to have sex with her, a…

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by Jillian Pikora
Greencastle, PA
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Son Surrenders On Camera After Mom Found Beaten Dead On PA Porch: Police Son Surrenders On Camera After Mom Found Beaten Dead On PA Porch: Police Son Surrenders On Camera After Mom Found Beaten Dead On PA Porch: Police
Son Surrenders On Camera After Mom Found Beaten Dead On PA Porch: Police An adult son is charged with homicide after his mother was found beaten to death on her front porch surrendered following an hours-long manhunt in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Jakob Michael Korber, 29, of West Newton, is charged with criminal homicide in the death of his mother, Christin Hamilton, court records obtained by Daily Voice on Monday, Aug. 31, show. Korber was taken into custody after returning to the area of Hamilton's home on Herminie West Newton Road in Sewickley Township on Sunday, Aug. 30, according to state police and court documents. PSP GBG responded to a residence…

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Back In PA 26 Years After 5-Year-Old Girl's Rape, Murder: Police FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Back In PA 26 Years After 5-Year-Old Girl's Rape, Murder: Police FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Back In PA 26 Years After 5-Year-Old Girl's Rape, Murder: Police
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Back In PA 26 Years After 5-Year-Old Girl's Rape, Murder: Police A former FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive accused of kidnapping, raping, and killing 5-year-old Iriana DeJesus more than 26 years ago has been returned to Pennsylvania to face charges, authorities announced on Monday, Aug. 31.  Alexis Flores, who spent more than 25 years as a fugitive, was captured in Lepaera, Honduras, on Feb. 11 by the FBI's Transnational Anti-Gang Task Force and Honduran authorities, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Following an international extradition process, the FBI transported him back to Philadelphia.  Flores is charged with murder, rape, kid…

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