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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Manheim, PA
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'Black Tax', Naked Assaults: Manheim Central Football Players, Coach Charged In Hazing 'Black Tax', Naked Assaults: Manheim Central Football Players, Coach Charged In Hazing 'Black Tax', Naked Assaults: Manheim Central Football Players, Coach Charged In Hazing
'Black Tax', Naked Assaults: Manheim Central Football Players, Coach Charged In Hazing A so-called "Black tax," a makeshift "gas chamber," and repeated sexual humiliation inside a high school football locker room have led to criminal charges against three students and a former teacher and assistant football coach, prosecutors announced on Friday, Oct. 9. The alleged abuse took place during school hours at Manheim Central High School in Pennsylvania this past April, when several teenage boys were subjected to racist harassment, physical assaults, extortion, and indecent exposure, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said. Former social studies teacher and assistant…

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Lower Paxton, PA
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Gunman Shot Mother Of His Child In Eye, Held Son Hostage For 33 Hours In Lower Paxton: DA Gunman Shot Mother Of His Child In Eye, Held Son Hostage For 33 Hours In Lower Paxton: DA Gunman Shot Mother Of His Child In Eye, Held Son Hostage For 33 Hours In Lower Paxton: DA
Gunman Shot Mother Of His Child In Eye, Held Son Hostage For 33 Hours In Lower Paxton: DA A Pennsylvania gunman who shot the mother of his child in the head, costing her an eye, before holding their toddler son and her grandmother hostage for 33 hours has been sentenced to decades in state prison, authorities announced on Thursday, Oct. 8. Derrick Hutcherson, 41, formerly of Harrisburg, was sentenced to 42 to 84 years in a state correctional institution by Dauphin County Judge Katherine McShane following his conviction for the violent June 28, 2021, attack and standoff at the Pennswood Apartments in Lower Paxton Township, according to District Attorney Francis T. Chardo. The sen…

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Mechanicsburg, PA
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Cumberland County Caregiver Wanted After 145 Credit Card Purchases From Elderly Patient: Police Cumberland County Caregiver Wanted After 145 Credit Card Purchases From Elderly Patient: Police Cumberland County Caregiver Wanted After 145 Credit Card Purchases From Elderly Patient: Police
Cumberland County Caregiver Wanted After 145 Credit Card Purchases From Elderly Patient: Police A Pennsylvania caregiver is wanted after allegedly using an older adult's credit card to make 145 unauthorized purchases totaling nearly $7,800, police announced in an update on Friday, Oct. 9. Lisa Ann Bornheim, 60, is accused of financially exploiting a resident of Bethany Village West, a senior living community at 5225 Wilson Lane in Mechanicsburg, according to the Lower Allen Township Police Department. The investigation began on Aug. 21, when officers responded to the facility for a reported fraud. The victim told investigators that Bornheim was their caregiver and helped with basic d…

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Shippensburg, PA
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Shippensburg Cop Was 'Extremely Intoxicated' Before Fatal Strangling At Party: Court Docs Shippensburg Cop Was 'Extremely Intoxicated' Before Fatal Strangling At Party: Court Docs Shippensburg Cop Was 'Extremely Intoxicated' Before Fatal Strangling At Party: Court Docs
Shippensburg Cop Was 'Extremely Intoxicated' Before Fatal Strangling At Party: Court Docs A police officer was held down and strangled after becoming heavily intoxicated during a family gathering at a cabin, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Oct. 9. Michael McGeehan, 44, a Middlesex Township Pennsylvania police officer and Shippensburg father of five, was found unresponsive on the front porch of a cabin at 7190 Dam Run Road in Cummings Township during the early morning hours of July 11, investigators wrote in the affidavit of probable cause. Paden Edward Frey, 25, of Cogan Station, has since been charged with third-degree murder, strangulation, inv…

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Allentown, PA
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Masked Gunman Killed Man Sitting On Allentown Porch, Jury Finds Masked Gunman Killed Man Sitting On Allentown Porch, Jury Finds Masked Gunman Killed Man Sitting On Allentown Porch, Jury Finds
Masked Gunman Killed Man Sitting On Allentown Porch, Jury Finds A masked gunman who shot and killed a man sitting on a Pennsylvania front porch has been convicted of first-degree murder, prosecutors announced Friday, Oct. 9. Hector Martinez, 27, of Allentown, was found guilty of all charges Thursday night, Oct. 8, following a jury trial that began Tuesday, Oct. 6, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan said. Martinez was also convicted of possession of a firearm without a license. The victim, Terrence Brunson, 39, was sitting on the front porch of a home in the 500 block of West Liberty Street when a man wearing a face covering shot him on Sep…

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Reading, PA
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DC Teen Who Vanished On Birthday Trip ID’d 40 Years After Body Found In Pennsylvania DC Teen Who Vanished On Birthday Trip ID’d 40 Years After Body Found In Pennsylvania DC Teen Who Vanished On Birthday Trip ID’d 40 Years After Body Found In Pennsylvania
DC Teen Who Vanished On Birthday Trip ID’d 40 Years After Body Found In Pennsylvania An 18-year-old who left her Washington, DC, home to celebrate her birthday and never returned has been identified 40 years after her body was found beside a Pennsylvania highway, state police announced on Friday, Oct. 9. Gladys T. Johnson, known as “Tinker,” was identified this month as the woman whose remains were discovered in a wooded area in Kline Township, Schuylkill County, on April 8, 1986, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Johnson had left her home in March 1986 to celebrate her birthday, police said. Her family had been searching for her ever since. A person riding a bicycle…

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Oxford-Nottingham, PA
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Measles Closes Oxford School, Student Tests Positive At Another As Cases Spread Measles Closes Oxford School, Student Tests Positive At Another As Cases Spread Measles Closes Oxford School, Student Tests Positive At Another As Cases Spread
Measles Closes Oxford School, Student Tests Positive At Another As Cases Spread A measles concern has closed a Chester County high school, a Lancaster County elementary student has tested positive for the highly contagious virus, and Allegheny County has confirmed a second case connected to a school. Oxford Area High School will not hold classes Friday, Oct. 9, after the Chester County Health Department ordered the district to verify which staff members have measles immunity, Superintendent David Woods said in a letter to families. Health officials informed the district of a confirmed measles case in the community, Woods said. The district already has vaccination infor…

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Carlisle, PA
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Motorcyclist Killed After SUV Turns Into His Path At Intersection: PA State Police Carlisle Motorcyclist Killed After SUV Turns Into His Path At Intersection: PA State Police Carlisle Motorcyclist Killed After SUV Turns Into His Path At Intersection: PA State Police Carlisle
Motorcyclist Killed After SUV Turns Into His Path At Intersection: PA State Police Carlisle A motorcyclist was killed after an SUV turned into his path at an intersection, throwing him from his bike and leaving him dead along the roadside, Pennsylvania State Police said. The fatal crash happened at approximately 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at Forge Road and Woodlawn Lane in South Middleton Township, according to a crash report released Friday, Oct. 9. The motorcyclist was traveling south on Forge Road on a 2007 Suzuki GSX-R750 when a 2008 Nissan Armada, which had been stopped at a stop sign on Woodlawn Lane, began turning onto Forge Road, investigators said. The SUV driver attemp…

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Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
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Masked PA Robbers Posed As Cops To Kidnap Victims, Fund Luxury Trips: Montco DA Masked PA Robbers Posed As Cops To Kidnap Victims, Fund Luxury Trips: Montco DA Masked PA Robbers Posed As Cops To Kidnap Victims, Fund Luxury Trips: Montco DA
Masked PA Robbers Posed As Cops To Kidnap Victims, Fund Luxury Trips: Montco DA A man lured to a Pennsylvania steakhouse parking lot was handcuffed and kidnapped by three masked men posing as police officers, then forced to surrender money from his bank accounts in a scheme tied to a criminal organization that used stolen money to fund luxury vacations, yachts, designer clothing, and firearms, authorities announced on Thursday, Oct. 8. The kidnapping began outside LongHorn Steakhouse in Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township, on June 27, 2026, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Lower Merion Superintendent of Police Andrew J. Block said. The victim had …

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Macungie-Alburtis-Emmaus, PA
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21-Year-Old Lower Macungie Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post 21-Year-Old Lower Macungie Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post 21-Year-Old Lower Macungie Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post
21-Year-Old Lower Macungie Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post A 21-year-old Marine died by suicide days after posting a haunting message about death and recognition on Facebook, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office, while his grieving family described the circumstances surrounding his death differently in a fundraiser for his funeral. James Arthur Henry Wikkerink, of Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania, was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest at 12:37 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio announced Thursday, Oct. 8. An autopsy conducted Thursday determined his manner of death was suicide, Buglio…

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