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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Central Islip, NY
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Man Shot In Foot, Fires Back At SUV Before Central Islip Alleyway Arrest: Police Man Shot In Foot, Fires Back At SUV Before Central Islip Alleyway Arrest: Police
Man Shot In Foot, Fires Back At SUV Before Central Islip Alleyway Arrest: Police A man who was shot in the foot allegedly fired back at a fleeing SUV before police caught him trying to escape through an alleyway on Long Island authorities announced on Saturday, Aug. 15. Demetrius Williams, 39, of Brooklyn, was retrieving items from a parked vehicle on Hawthorne Avenue near Feller Drive in Central Islip, when a gray SUV drove past at 6:10 a.m., according to Suffolk County Police. An unknown person inside the SUV fired two shots at Williams, striking him in the foot, police said. Williams then ran after the SUV and allegedly fired multiple shots at the vehicle, according…

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Coopersburg-Center Valley, PA
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Longtime Lehigh County District Attorney Dies At Pennsylvania Home Longtime Lehigh County District Attorney Dies At Pennsylvania Home
Longtime Lehigh County District Attorney Dies At Pennsylvania Home A longtime Pennsylvania prosecutor who spent more than two decades leading the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office has died, officials announced on Saturday, Aug. 15. James B. Martin, a retired Lehigh County district attorney and longtime public servant, was pronounced dead at his Upper Saucon Township home at 3:41 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office. He died of natural causes. Martin served as Lehigh County district attorney from 1998 through 2024, devoting much of his professional life to public service and the administration of justice, the coroner’s of…

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Commack, NY
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Bank Robber On The Run After Handing Teller Demand Note In Commack Bank Robber On The Run After Handing Teller Demand Note In Commack
Bank Robber On The Run After Handing Teller Demand Note In Commack A man walked into a Long Island bank, handed a teller a note demanding cash, and fled on foot, police announced on Friday, Aug. 14. The robbery happened at Chase Bank, located at 39 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway in Commack, at approximately 4:45 p.m., according to Suffolk County Police. The teller complied with the demand before the man took off on foot, police said. The robber was described as a white man standing between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-8. He was wearing sunglasses, a white dress shirt, black pants, black shoes, and a baseball cap that possibly had a camouflage pattern, according to polic…

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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 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 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 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) 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 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 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 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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