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

Harrisburg, PA
Breaking News
Pickup Smashes Into PSP Barracks; Ex-Con Held On $6M Bail (UPDATE) Pickup Smashes Into PSP Barracks; Ex-Con Held On $6M Bail (UPDATE) Pickup Smashes Into PSP Barracks; Ex-Con Held On $6M Bail (UPDATE)
Pickup Smashes Into PSP Barracks; Ex-Con Held On $6M Bail (Update) A police communications officer was injured when a pickup truck crashed into the Pennsylvania State Police barracks on Thursday evening, authorities said. The pickup drove into the Honesdale station in Cherry Ridge Township in Wayne County at about 6:53 p.m. Sept. 3, damaging the building’s entrance and communications room and disrupting telephone service, state police said. The communications officer inside the room suffered minor injuries, police said. The driver fled on foot but was found a short time later along Ski Run Road, where state police and Honesdale Borough police took him int…

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Harrisburg, PA
Weather
Power Outages Soar Past 100K After Severe Storms Slam Pennsylvania Again Power Outages Soar Past 100K After Severe Storms Slam Pennsylvania Again Power Outages Soar Past 100K After Severe Storms Slam Pennsylvania Again
Power Outages Soar Past 100K After Severe Storms Slam Pennsylvania Again More than 100,000 homes and businesses were without power across Pennsylvania on Friday, Sept. 4, after another round of severe storms brought destructive winds, torrential rain, flooding, and tornado warnings. Approximately 102,700 customers remained in the dark Friday morning, more than twice the 43,000 reported Thursday morning and five times Wednesday afternoon’s total, according to PowerOutage.us. The latest storms shifted the heart of the outage crisis to western Pennsylvania. The hardest-hit counties included: Westmoreland County: 42,045 outages. Allegheny County: 20,667 outages. C…

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Lancaster, PA
Breaking News
Man Hides In Drainage Channel Behind Lancaster Mall To Avoid Arrest: Police Man Hides In Drainage Channel Behind Lancaster Mall To Avoid Arrest: Police Man Hides In Drainage Channel Behind Lancaster Mall To Avoid Arrest: Police
Man Hides In Drainage Channel Behind Lancaster Mall To Avoid Arrest: Police A man with an outstanding bench warrant tried hiding in a water drainage channel behind a shopping center before fleeing officers on foot, police said. West Lampeter Township officers were on proactive patrol near Willow Street Pike and Long Lane at about 11:18 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, when they spotted Charles H. Null, 60, police said. Null briefly avoided officers by hiding in a drainage channel behind Kendig Square Mall at 2600 Willow Street Pike in Lancaster, according to police. An officer found him and told him he was under arrest, but Null then tried to run away, police said. He was q…

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Whitehall-Coplay, PA
Breaking News
Woman Found Injured In Whitehall Ride Leads To Unzipped Driver’s Rape, Kidnapping Conviction Woman Found Injured In Whitehall Ride Leads To Unzipped Driver’s Rape, Kidnapping Conviction Woman Found Injured In Whitehall Ride Leads To Unzipped Driver’s Rape, Kidnapping Conviction
Woman Found Injured In Whitehall Ride Leads To Unzipped Driver’s Rape, Kidnapping Conviction A man was convicted of raping and kidnapping a woman who was found injured and highly intoxicated along a quiet Pennsylvania road after a night at a bar, authorities said. Erik Contes, 43, of Whitehall Township, was found guilty of rape, kidnapping to facilitate a felony, sexual assault, and indecent assault on Thursday, Sept. 3, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan said. The jury began hearing the case Tuesday, Sept. 1, before Judge Robert L. Steinberg and returned its verdict after several hours of deliberation. Contes faces 26 to 52 years in state prison. He will also be evalua…

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
On Your Side
Burlington Leaving Its Namesake NJ Home For $370M Philadelphia HQ, 2K Jobs Burlington Leaving Its Namesake NJ Home For $370M Philadelphia HQ, 2K Jobs Burlington Leaving Its Namesake NJ Home For $370M Philadelphia HQ, 2K Jobs
Burlington Leaving Its Namesake NJ Home For $370M Philadelphia HQ, 2K Jobs Burlington Stores, formerly Burlington Coat Factory, is leaving its namesake New Jersey city after more than 50 years for a new $370 million corporate headquarters in Philadelphia — a move expected to bring at least 2,000 jobs to Pennsylvania over the next five years. The Fortune 500 off-price retailer will buy property at 3151 Market St. in West Philadelphia’s Schuylkill Yards development, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Thursday, Sept. 3. Pennsylvania will put $30 million toward the project, including a $20 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant and a $10 million Pennsylvania …

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Waterford-Halfmoon, NY
Breaking News
Halfmoon Mom Accused Of Robbing Speedway With 5-Year-Old In Getaway Car: Sheriff Halfmoon Mom Accused Of Robbing Speedway With 5-Year-Old In Getaway Car: Sheriff Halfmoon Mom Accused Of Robbing Speedway With 5-Year-Old In Getaway Car: Sheriff
Halfmoon Mom Accused Of Robbing Speedway With 5-Year-Old In Getaway Car: Sheriff A New York woman is accused of robbing a Speedway while masked and armed with what appeared to be a pistol — then fleeing with her 5-year-old child in the waiting vehicle, authorities said. Trisha Lee Cayea-Lord, 44, of Halfmoon, is accused of entering the Speedway at 1513 Crescent Road around 2:14 a.m. on May 7, demanding cash from the register, and taking about $400, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. Cayea-Lord then ran from the store and got into a waiting vehicle, where her child was inside, the sheriff said following an extensive investigation. She was charged with se…

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Bay Shore, NY
Breaking News
Bay Shore Art Teacher Arrested For Stalking Former Student He Had Sexual Relationship With Bay Shore Art Teacher Arrested For Stalking Former Student He Had Sexual Relationship With Bay Shore Art Teacher Arrested For Stalking Former Student He Had Sexual Relationship With
Bay Shore Art Teacher Arrested For Stalking Former Student He Had Sexual Relationship With A Long Island high school art teacher was arrested after police say he followed a former student and investigators learned he had a sexual relationship with her while she was still 17. The 18-year-old woman spotted her former Bay Shore High School teacher, John Kennedy, following her from her home to Selden on Thursday morning, Sept. 3, Suffolk County Police said. Police were called around 10:40 a.m. after she arrived at her destination. Investigators say Kennedy, 53, had a sexual relationship with the then-17-year-old student while she was a senior last school year. He had also been seen …

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Greencastle, PA
Breaking News
Chilling 'Demon' Searches Revealed As Bodycam Captures Discovery Of PennWest Soccer Star Chilling 'Demon' Searches Revealed As Bodycam Captures Discovery Of PennWest Soccer Star Chilling 'Demon' Searches Revealed As Bodycam Captures Discovery Of PennWest Soccer Star
Chilling 'Demon' Searches Revealed As Bodycam Captures Discovery Of PennWest Soccer Star Newly released bodycam footage shows the chilling moment a police officer followed an Apple AirTag to a missing PennWest soccer player's Jeep and discovered 18-year-old Karoline Heintz's bloodied body — while newly released phone evidence reveals her boyfriend's searches about demons, murder, fingerprints, and the death penalty. WARNING: The body-camera footage and evidence released in this case contain graphic and disturbing images. Daily Voice is not publishing photographs showing Heintz's body, but this article does include some disturbing descriptions. The footage and dozens of evidence …

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by Jillian Pikora
Carlisle, PA
Breaking News
Cessna Rocked, Climbed Before Hitting PSP Helicopter In Carlisle: NTSB Cessna Rocked, Climbed Before Hitting PSP Helicopter In Carlisle: NTSB Cessna Rocked, Climbed Before Hitting PSP Helicopter In Carlisle: NTSB
Cessna Rocked, Climbed Before Hitting PSP Helicopter In Carlisle: NTSB A pilot acknowledged a police helicopter crew's request to extend his flight path — but turned toward the runway instead, beginning a bizarre final sequence that ended with his Cessna slamming into the hovering chopper, according to federal investigators's report on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The National Transportation Safety Board has released new findings on the Wednesday, Aug. 19 collision at Carlisle Regional Airport that killed 57-year-old Dr. Paul William Sokoloski of Hershey and seriously injured two Pennsylvania State Police troopers. The report provides the clearest picture yet of what h…

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Lebanon, PA
Breaking News
AI Goes Dark: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok Hit By Widespread Outages AI Goes Dark: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok Hit By Widespread Outages AI Goes Dark: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok Hit By Widespread Outages
AI Goes Dark: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok Hit By Widespread Outages If your favorite AI chatbot suddenly stopped answering Thursday morning, Sept. 3, you weren't alone. Tens of thousands of users reported problems with some of the world's biggest artificial intelligence platforms as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini all saw spikes in outage complaints, according to Downdetector. OpenAI's ChatGPT appeared to take the biggest hit. More than 37,000 outage reports had been filed for the service by around 11 a.m. ET, Forbes reported, citing Downdetector. Reports began surging after 9 a.m. and climbed sharply around 11 a.m. OpenAI confirmed it was investigating…

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