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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Willow Grove, PA
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Unauthorized Person Found Inside Eastern Center For Arts And Tech; Students, Staff Evacuated Unauthorized Person Found Inside Eastern Center For Arts And Tech; Students, Staff Evacuated Unauthorized Person Found Inside Eastern Center For Arts And Tech; Students, Staff Evacuated
Unauthorized Person Found Inside Eastern Center For Arts And Tech; Students, Staff Evacuated Students and staff at a Pennsylvania technical school were evacuated after an unauthorized person was discovered inside the building on Tuesday, Oct. 13, authorities announced. The Eastern Center for Arts and Technology was evacuated to the nearby Upper Moreland High School campus in Montgomery County as a precaution, according to an alert issued at 2:47 p.m. All students and faculty members were safe, accounted for, and unharmed, officials said. The Eastern campus was expected to remain closed for several hours while authorities conducted an investigation. Officials did not immediately r…

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by Jillian Pikora
Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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Man Killed, Firefighter Burned In Raging PA Apartment Fire; 2 Rescued Man Killed, Firefighter Burned In Raging PA Apartment Fire; 2 Rescued Man Killed, Firefighter Burned In Raging PA Apartment Fire; 2 Rescued
Man Killed, Firefighter Burned In Raging PA Apartment Fire; 2 Rescued A man was killed, a firefighter suffered burns, and two people were rescued from a raging apartment fire that tore through a three-story building in West Philadelphia on Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, according to fire officials and media reports. Firefighters were dispatched to the 4400 block of Chestnut Street, near the intersection of 44th Street in University City, around 6:20 a.m., according to 6ABC Action News. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke and flames pouring from the third floor of the building, with fire spreading through the roof. Aerial footage captured flames shooting into the mo…

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by Jillian Pikora
Coatesville-Caln, PA
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Convicted Stalker Leaves Diapers On Woman's Car At Caln Giant, Sparks Abduction Fears: Convicted Stalker Leaves Diapers On Woman's Car At Caln Giant, Sparks Abduction Fears: Convicted Stalker Leaves Diapers On Woman's Car At Caln Giant, Sparks Abduction Fears:
Convicted Stalker Leaves Diapers On Woman's Car At Caln Giant, Sparks Abduction Fears: A convicted stalker who repeatedly violated probation and parole frightened a 20-year-old woman by placing diapers on her car at a Pennsylvania Giant grocery store, prompting fears that she was being targeted for human trafficking or abduction, police said. Michael John Kent, 38, of Kennett Square, was arrested on Monday, Oct. 12, following the bizarre incident at the Giant supermarket at 3477 Lincoln Highway in Thorndale, according to Caln Township police and court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The woman arrived at the supermarket around 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, …

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by Jillian Pikora
Harrisburg, PA
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Former Campaign Treasurer Admits Stealing $1M From Clients, Including PA Congressional Campaign Former Campaign Treasurer Admits Stealing $1M From Clients, Including PA Congressional Campaign Former Campaign Treasurer Admits Stealing $1M From Clients, Including PA Congressional Campaign
Former Campaign Treasurer Admits Stealing $1M From Clients, Including PA Congressional Campaign A former political campaign treasurer who stole more than $1 million from clients across the country, including a Pennsylvania congressional campaign, has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges, authorities announced. Yolanda Brown, 47, also known as Yolanda Rumph, of Arlington, Virginia, entered her guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Chad F. Kenney in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Sept. 23, according to U.S. Attorney David Metcalf. The FBI Philadelphia division shared the case on Thursday, Oct. 8. Brown owned and operated Brown Financial & Consulting Services Group LLC, providin…

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by Jillian Pikora
Mechanicsburg, PA
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Child Injured After SUV Hydroplanes In 3-Vehicle Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Cumberland Co. Child Injured After SUV Hydroplanes In 3-Vehicle Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Cumberland Co. Child Injured After SUV Hydroplanes In 3-Vehicle Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Cumberland Co.
Child Injured After SUV Hydroplanes In 3-Vehicle Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Cumberland Co. Two people, including a child, were injured when an SUV hydroplaned on a rain-soaked Pennsylvania highway, triggering a three-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer, police said. The crash happened on northbound US Route 15 near mile marker 38.3 in Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, around 11:48 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11, according to Upper Allen Township Police. Investigators determined that the driver of a Kia Telluride was traveling too fast for the weather conditions when the SUV hydroplaned and collided with a Toyota Sienna. A tractor-trailer approaching the initial crash was u…

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Mineola, NY
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Woman Stabs Man Multiple Times With Kitchen Knife During Nassau County Motel Fight: Police Woman Stabs Man Multiple Times With Kitchen Knife During Nassau County Motel Fight: Police Woman Stabs Man Multiple Times With Kitchen Knife During Nassau County Motel Fight: Police
Woman Stabs Man Multiple Times With Kitchen Knife During Nassau County Motel Fight: Police A 57-year-old woman stabbed a man multiple times with a kitchen knife during an argument inside a Long Island motel room, sending him fleeing to the front desk for help, police said. Tammy Taylor was arrested following the stabbing, which occurred in Nassau County around 11:06 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, according to Nassau County Police Department Second Squad detectives. Officers responded to the motel after receiving a report of a disturbance involving Taylor and a 47-year-old man, investigators said. The two had been arguing inside one of the motel rooms when the confrontation turned phys…

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by Jillian Pikora
Cranbury, NJ
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6 PA Boys Involved In Deadly Cranbury NJ Turnpike Crash: 2 Dead, 4 Hospitalized 6 PA Boys Involved In Deadly Cranbury NJ Turnpike Crash: 2 Dead, 4 Hospitalized 6 PA Boys Involved In Deadly Cranbury NJ Turnpike Crash: 2 Dead, 4 Hospitalized
6 PA Boys Involved In Deadly Cranbury NJ Turnpike Crash: 2 Dead, 4 Hospitalized Six Pennsylvania teens were involved in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that killed two of them and sent four others to the hospital, authorities said. The crash happened around 5:06 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, in the southbound outer lanes near mile marker 69.9 in Cranbury, Middlesex County Prosecutor Linda Estremera and New Jersey State Police Acting Superintendent Jeanne Hengemuhle said. The vehicle was carrying six people when it crashed, ejecting two occupants, a 19-year-old from Warminster and a 16-year-old from Hatboro, authorities said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. The four…

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by Cecilia Levine & Jillian Pikora
Lampeter-Strasburg, PA
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Horse-And-Buggy Crash Injures 1, Closes Road In Strasburg Horse-And-Buggy Crash Injures 1, Closes Road In Strasburg Horse-And-Buggy Crash Injures 1, Closes Road In Strasburg
Horse-And-Buggy Crash Injures 1, Closes Road In Strasburg One person was hospitalized after a horse-and-buggy collided with another vehicle in Lancaster County on Monday, Oct. 12, emergency dispatchers said. The crash happened near the intersection of White Oak and Pond roads in Strasburg Township around 12:02 p.m., according to Lancaster County-Wide Communications. Emergency medical crews responded to the scene and transported one person to a hospital, dispatchers said. The extent of the person's injuries was not immediately known. White Oak Road was closed between Eisenberger Road and May Post Office Road as emergency crews remained at the scen…

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Coatesville-Caln, PA
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Masked Gunmen Drag Man From Car, Threaten To Kill Him In Coatesville Kidnapping Plot Masked Gunmen Drag Man From Car, Threaten To Kill Him In Coatesville Kidnapping Plot Masked Gunmen Drag Man From Car, Threaten To Kill Him In Coatesville Kidnapping Plot
Masked Gunmen Drag Man From Car, Threaten To Kill Him In Coatesville Kidnapping Plot Three masked gunmen fired a shot at a man, pistol-whipped him, threatened to kill him, and forced him to transfer $2,050 through Cash App during a violent robbery and kidnapping attempt in Chester County, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. The three Coatesville men, Raijon Redd, 31, Steven Pittman Jr., 24, and Brandon Norris, 35, pleaded guilty on Monday, Sept. 28, and were sentenced to prison, the Chester County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, Oct. 12. The attack happened on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in a parking lot along Business Route 30 in South Coates…

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Niskayuna, NY
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Firefighter's Wife, 81, Killed In Niskayuna House Fire; Husband Of 62 Years Loses Home Firefighter's Wife, 81, Killed In Niskayuna House Fire; Husband Of 62 Years Loses Home Firefighter's Wife, 81, Killed In Niskayuna House Fire; Husband Of 62 Years Loses Home
Firefighter's Wife, 81, Killed In Niskayuna House Fire; Husband Of 62 Years Loses Home A former pediatric nurse, foster mother, and longtime fire department auxiliary member has been identified as the woman killed in a Capital Region house fire that also left her husband of 62 years, a lifelong firefighter, without a home. Donna A. (Baker) Stewart, 81, died Friday, Oct. 9, after a fire broke out at her home on Old River Road in Niskayuna, according to her obituary published by Bowen & Parker Bros. Funeral Home. Her husband, Robert N. "Rocky" Stewart, a longtime member of the Verdoy Volunteer Fire Department, is now mourning his wife while facing the loss of the home they …

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