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.

Jillian Pikora's Contributions

Albany, NY
Breaking News
Machete Attack At Albany Laundromat Ends In Attempted Murder Charge: Police Machete Attack At Albany Laundromat Ends In Attempted Murder Charge: Police Machete Attack At Albany Laundromat Ends In Attempted Murder Charge: Police
Machete Attack At Albany Laundromat Ends In Attempted Murder Charge: Police A man was slashed in the head with a machete inside a New York laundromat, leading to an attempted murder charge against a man, police said. Officers responded to the Lucky Cat Laundromat at 133 Madison Ave. around noon on Saturday, July 18, for reports of a stabbing, according to the Albany Police Department. When officers arrived, they found a 23-year-old Bethlehem man suffering from a laceration to his forehead, authorities said. An investigation determined that Chance Niccoli, 30, of Bethlehem, had allegedly stabbed the victim in the head with a machete, police said. The victim was tr…

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East Meadow, NY
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Car Fire Spreads To East Meadow Bar, Shuts Down Road (PHOTOS) Car Fire Spreads To East Meadow Bar, Shuts Down Road (PHOTOS) Car Fire Spreads To East Meadow Bar, Shuts Down Road (PHOTOS)
Car Fire Spreads To East Meadow Bar, Shuts Down Road (Photos) A vehicle fire spread to a popular East Meadow bar early Saturday morning, July 18, shutting down Newbridge Road in both directions as firefighters and hazardous materials crews responded, authorities said. The fire broke out around 6:25 a.m. in a parked vehicle outside The Tipsy Barrel, at 470 Newbridge Road near Amherst Street, according to Nassau County police. When officers from the First Precinct arrived, they found the unoccupied vehicle fully engulfed in flames, police said. The blaze spread from the vehicle to the building, causing minor damage before firefighters extinguished it, p…

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Patchogue-Medford, NY
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Motorcyclist Seriously Injured Pulling Out Of Driveway In East Patchogue: Police Motorcyclist Seriously Injured Pulling Out Of Driveway In East Patchogue: Police Motorcyclist Seriously Injured Pulling Out Of Driveway In East Patchogue: Police
Motorcyclist Seriously Injured Pulling Out Of Driveway In East Patchogue: Police A motorcyclist was seriously injured after colliding with a car while pulling out of a driveway on Long Island on Saturday morning, police said. The crash happened at approximately 10:13 a.m. on July 18 in front of a home in the 200 block of Oak Street in East Patchogue, according to Suffolk County Police. The 24-year-old Patchogue man was riding a 2025 Jiajue 150cc motorcycle northbound out of a driveway when he attempted to make a left turn onto Oak Street and collided with an eastbound 2012 Nissan Maxima, officers explained. The rider was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital w…

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Reading, PA
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PA Doctor Admits Secret Recordings, Cross-Country Child Exploitation PA Doctor Admits Secret Recordings, Cross-Country Child Exploitation PA Doctor Admits Secret Recordings, Cross-Country Child Exploitation
PA Doctor Admits Secret Recordings, Cross-Country Child Exploitation A Pennsylvania internal medicine doctor admitted to secretly producing child sexual abuse material involving minors and traveling across the country to sexually exploit children, federal prosecutors announced on Friday, July 17. Habib Bhatti, 44, of Barto, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, one count of using an interstate commerce facility to entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct, two counts of production of child pornography, and two counts of possession of child pornography, according to the U.S. Department of Justi…

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National Interest
Groom Raped Bride's Drunk Relative Night Before Gettysburg Wedding: Affidavit Groom Raped Bride's Drunk Relative Night Before Gettysburg Wedding: Affidavit Groom Raped Bride's Drunk Relative Night Before Gettysburg Wedding: Affidavit
Groom Raped Bride's Drunk Relative Night Before Gettysburg Wedding: Affidavit A groom is accused of raping a relative of the bride hours before his own wedding celebration in Pennsylvania last fall, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Zachary Prouty, 38, of Sanders, Kentucky, was charged Thursday, July 16, with two counts of rape, sexual assault, and two counts of indecent assault in connection with the alleged assault from Thursday, Oct. 16, to Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, assault, court records show. The alleged victim, a relative of the bride, had traveled to Gettysburg for the wedding between Prouty and Rebekah Hanshaw on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, acco…

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Harrisburg, PA
Weather
Pennsylvania Air Gets Even Worse: Here's When Smoke Will Finally Clear Pennsylvania Air Gets Even Worse: Here's When Smoke Will Finally Clear Pennsylvania Air Gets Even Worse: Here's When Smoke Will Finally Clear
Pennsylvania Air Gets Even Worse: Here's When Smoke Will Finally Clear It's getting even harder to breathe across Pennsylvania as wildfire smoke from Canada continues to blanket the Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection upgraded Friday, July 17, to a statewide Code Purple Air Quality Action Day after smoke from Canadian wildfires intensified overnight. A Code Purple means air pollution has reached "Very Unhealthy" levels, and everyone is at increased risk of experiencing health effects. AirNow forecasts much of Pennsylvania will reach the "Very Unhealthy" category Friday. The worst conditions are expected in western and central …

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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Who Left This Dog To Suffer? PSPCA Seeks Pair After Severely Neglected Pup Dumped Who Left This Dog To Suffer? PSPCA Seeks Pair After Severely Neglected Pup Dumped Who Left This Dog To Suffer? PSPCA Seeks Pair After Severely Neglected Pup Dumped
Who Left This Dog To Suffer? Pspca Seeks Pair After Severely Neglected Pup Dumped A severely neglected dog suffering from a strangulation wound and other untreated medical conditions was abandoned inside a crate at the Pennsylvania SPCA's Philadelphia headquarters, and now investigators are asking for the public's help identifying the people responsible, the organization announced in a release issued Friday, July 17. Surveillance video shows two people arriving by vehicle at the PSPCA's headquarters at 350 E. Erie Ave. on Monday, July 13. The pair illegally parked in the lot, removed a small pink crate from the vehicle, carried it into the building's vestibule, and left t…

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Lancaster, PA
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Mushrooms, Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, Ghost Gun Found In Lancaster Raid Mushrooms, Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, Ghost Gun Found In Lancaster Raid Mushrooms, Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, Ghost Gun Found In Lancaster Raid
Mushrooms, Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, Ghost Gun Found In Lancaster Raid A ghost gun and a stash of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, mushrooms, and other drugs were seized during a search warrant at a Lancaster apartment following a weeks-long drug investigation, police announced in a release issued Thursday, July 16. Members of the Lancaster City Bureau of Police's Selective Enforcement Unit executed the warrant at an apartment in the first block of South Ann Street at approximately 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, after investigating Charles Shipp for allegedly selling drugs, police said. Shipp was detained as he left the residence before officers searched the apartment, …

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Steelton-Highspire, PA
Your Community
Steelton Mayor Ciera Dent Resigns Less Than A Year Into Second Term Steelton Mayor Ciera Dent Resigns Less Than A Year Into Second Term Steelton Mayor Ciera Dent Resigns Less Than A Year Into Second Term
Steelton Mayor Ciera Dent Resigns Less Than A Year Into Second Term A Pennsylvania mayor announced she is stepping down less than a year after winning reelection, saying the decision came after "much prayer, reflection, and careful consideration." Steelton Mayor Ciera Dent announced Friday, July 17, that she will resign effective Monday, Aug. 17, according to a message she shared with borough residents. Dent, 39, did not give a specific reason for her resignation. "This decision has not come easy for me," Dent wrote. "Steelton has been my home since I was eleven years old. It has continued to be home for me and my children. It has been one of the highest h…

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Macungie-Alburtis-Emmaus, PA
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NJ Trucker Dad Killed When Overturned Rig Lands On Him In Lehigh County Crash: State Police NJ Trucker Dad Killed When Overturned Rig Lands On Him In Lehigh County Crash: State Police NJ Trucker Dad Killed When Overturned Rig Lands On Him In Lehigh County Crash: State Police
NJ Trucker Dad Killed When Overturned Rig Lands On Him In Lehigh County Crash: State Police A New Jersey truck driver was killed after he was thrown from his commercial vehicle and trapped beneath it during a crash in Pennsylvania, State Police said. The crash happened at approximately 12:13 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, along the 4500 block of Chestnut Street north of Beck Road in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, according to Pennsylvania State Police and the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.  Clarence E. Reynolds, 42, of Camden, New Jersey, was driving north on Chestnut Street when his commercial box truck failed to maintain a single lane of travel, police said. The truck trave…

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