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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Mastic-Shirley, NY
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Teens Attack Elderly On Long Island, Including Shirley, Twice In Two Hours: Police Teens Attack Elderly On Long Island, Including Shirley, Twice In Two Hours: Police Teens Attack Elderly On Long Island, Including Shirley, Twice In Two Hours: Police
Teens Attack Elderly On Long Island, Including Shirley, Twice In Two Hours: Police Two elderly men were targeted in separate incidents on Long Island within just over an hour, leading to the arrests of an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old, police announced on Saturday, Aug. 15. The first attack happened in the parking lot of Bolla Market at 504 Route 111 in Hauppauge at approximately 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to Suffolk County Police. Keeghan Lynch, 18, and two 17-year-old boys approached a 73-year-old Hauppauge man who was collecting bottles in the parking lot, police said. The two 17-year-olds struck the man with a bottle before punching and kicking him, acc…

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Harrisburg, PA
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60 Charged In $61K SNAP Trafficking Scheme At Harrisburg Grocery Stores: Officials 60 Charged In $61K SNAP Trafficking Scheme At Harrisburg Grocery Stores: Officials 60 Charged In $61K SNAP Trafficking Scheme At Harrisburg Grocery Stores: Officials
60 Charged In $61K SNAP Trafficking Scheme At Harrisburg Grocery Stores: Officials Sixty people have been charged in a major SNAP trafficking operation that allegedly used rogue benefit terminals to steal more than $61,000 in public assistance in Harrisburg, state officials announced on Friday, Aug. 14. Two store operators and 58 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients were charged following a multi-year investigation centered on a grocery store at 2200 North 6th Street, according to the Pennsylvania Office of State Inspector General and Dauphin County District Attorney's Office. The store initially operated as Antonios Grocery IV LLC, where investigators say…

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Mercersburg, PA
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8-Year-Old Child Killed In Farm Equipment 'Mishap' In PA, Coroner Says 8-Year-Old Child Killed In Farm Equipment 'Mishap' In PA, Coroner Says 8-Year-Old Child Killed In Farm Equipment 'Mishap' In PA, Coroner Says
8-Year-Old Child Killed In Farm Equipment 'Mishap' In PA, Coroner Says An 8-year-old child was killed in a farm equipment mishap in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 14. The incident happened at 392 Slater Road in Stoneboro, Lake Township, Mercer County, earlier Friday morning, according to Mercer County Coroner John A. Libonati. The child was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:15 a.m., Libonati said. The Mercer County Coroner's Office and Pennsylvania State Police investigated the scene with assistance from the Stoneboro Fire Department and Superior Ambulance Service. The child's cause of death was blunt force injury to the head, and the…

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Port Washington, NY
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8 Rescued From 62-Foot Vessel Taking On Water:Nassau County Police (PHOTOS) 8 Rescued From 62-Foot Vessel Taking On Water:Nassau County Police (PHOTOS) 8 Rescued From 62-Foot Vessel Taking On Water:Nassau County Police (PHOTOS)
8 Rescued From 62-Foot Vessel Taking On Water:Nassau County Police (Photos) Eight people were rescued from a 62-foot vessel that began taking on water off Long Island, police announced on Friday, Aug. 14. The Nassau County Marine Bureau responded to the vessel near Success Rock in Sands Point at 7 p.m., according to Nassau County Police. Eight passengers were aboard the boat as it took on water. The Town of North Hempstead Bay Constables, US Coast Guard, Rye Police Department Marine Bureau, and FDNY Marine Bureau also responded to assist, police said. All eight passengers were safely brought back to shore by Nassau County Marine 3. No injuries were reported. TowB…

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Harrisburg, PA
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Pedestrian Killed After Chain-Reaction Crash In Harrisburg Pedestrian Killed After Chain-Reaction Crash In Harrisburg Pedestrian Killed After Chain-Reaction Crash In Harrisburg
Pedestrian Killed After Chain-Reaction Crash In Harrisburg A woman died after a chain-reaction crash sent a parked vehicle into her on a Pennsylvania street Friday morning, Aug. 14, police announced. The crash happened in the 2300 block of Derry Street around 10:30 a.m., according to the Harrisburg Bureau of Police. A vehicle traveling west on Derry Street struck a stationary vehicle, police said. The impact pushed the stationary vehicle into the pedestrian, leaving her critically injured. The woman was taken to a local hospital, where she later died from her injuries, according to police. Her identity has not been released. The Harrisburg Police…

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Huntington, NY
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Huntington Man Spray-Paints Flock Camera: Police Huntington Man Spray-Paints Flock Camera: Police Huntington Man Spray-Paints Flock Camera: Police
Huntington Man Spray-Paints Flock Camera: Police A Long Island man is accused of spray-painting a police camera and damaging it, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 14. Russell Clough, 48, of Huntington Station, was arrested at his Old Country Road home at 5:12 p.m. on Friday following an investigation by Suffolk County Police Property Auto Crime Section detectives, according to police. The investigation began after Fourth Precinct officers responded to a 911 call in Hauppauge on July 23 reporting that a Flock camera appeared to have been spray-painted, police said. Clough was charged with Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree and issu…

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Quarryville, PA
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Maryland Motor Scooter Rider Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash While Touring Lancaster County Maryland Motor Scooter Rider Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash While Touring Lancaster County Maryland Motor Scooter Rider Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash While Touring Lancaster County
Maryland Motor Scooter Rider Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash While Touring Lancaster County A Maryland woman participating in a tour group was killed in a collision involving a motor scooter and tractor-trailer in Pennsylvania, officials announced on Friday, Aug. 14. Sandra Weinreich, 59 of Baltimore County, Maryland, was operating the motor scooter when the crash happened at the intersection of Summit Hill Drive and Iva Road in Paradise Township at 4:44 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. Coroner investigators responded to the scene and found Weinreich, who was pronounced dead, officials said. She had been participating in a Lancaster Co…

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Bristol, PA
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Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: Bucks County DA (UPDATE) Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: Bucks County DA (UPDATE) Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: Bucks County DA (UPDATE)
Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: Bucks County DA (Update) A husband has been charged with killing his wife, who was found on a bedroom floor with multiple men's neckties wrapped around her neck, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 14. Michael P. Myers, 59, of Bristol Borough, was arrested after his wife, 54-year-old Dawn Myers, was found dead inside their home at 1305 Wood Street early Thursday, Aug. 13, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Myers is charged with criminal homicide, strangulation, aggravated assault, intimidation of witnesses or victims, possession of an instrument of crime, and false imprisonment. Court recor…

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Gettysburg, PA
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Coroner Called To Crash Closing Route 94 In Adams County (DEVELOPING) Coroner Called To Crash Closing Route 94 In Adams County (DEVELOPING) Coroner Called To Crash Closing Route 94 In Adams County (DEVELOPING)
Coroner Called To Crash Closing Route 94 In Adams County (Developing) A serious crash has closed a major roadway in both directions on Friday morning, Aug. 14, according to emergency dispatchers and PennDOT. The crash happened in the area of Carlisle Pike/Route 94 and Old Harrisburg Road/Old Route 15 in Huntington Township around 8:30 a.m., Adams County dispatch logs show. Dozens of emergency personnel were called to the scene, including ambulance crews, firefighters, fire police, Pennsylvania State Police, and two Adams County coroner units. The coroner units were dispatched shortly after 8:40 a.m. and arrived at the scene around 9:33 a.m., according to the…

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Harrisburg, PA
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Former Police Officer Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Students: PA AG Former Police Officer Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Students: PA AG Former Police Officer Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Students: PA AG
Former Police Officer Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Students: PA AG A former police officer assigned to protect students at a Pennsylvania high school has been convicted of sexually abusing them years ago, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Thursday, Aug. 13. Stephen J. Carroll, 50, was found guilty of rape and 28 other offenses following a four-day trial in Lackawanna County, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office. Carroll served as a Scranton police officer and school resource officer at West Scranton High School when the abuse occurred in the late 2000s and early 2010s, as Daily Voice previously reported.  Testimony at trial…

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