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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Doylestown, PA
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5 PA Judges Threatened By Retired CA Attorney, Inmate With Violent Threats History: Bucks DA 5 PA Judges Threatened By Retired CA Attorney, Inmate With Violent Threats History: Bucks DA 5 PA Judges Threatened By Retired CA Attorney, Inmate With Violent Threats History: Bucks DA
5 PA Judges Threatened By Retired CA Attorney, Inmate With Violent Threats History: Bucks DA Five Pennsylvania judges were threatened in two separate cases involving a retired California attorney who is no longer eligible to practice law and a state prison inmate with a lengthy history of threatening judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The Bucks County District Attorney's Office has charged Timothy Alexander Murphy, 70, of Oakland, California, and Joseph David Supik II, 35, who is incarcerated at SCI Forest, in unrelated cases involving threats against five Bucks County Court of Common Pleas judges, District Attorney Joe Kh…

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Enola-East Pennsboro, PA
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East Pennsboro Mom Left 6-Year-Old Home Alone To Go To Work, Police Say East Pennsboro Mom Left 6-Year-Old Home Alone To Go To Work, Police Say East Pennsboro Mom Left 6-Year-Old Home Alone To Go To Work, Police Say
East Pennsboro Mom Left 6-Year-Old Home Alone To Go To Work, Police Say A 6-year-old girl was found wandering alone in a Pennsylvania neighborhood after her mother left her home without adult supervision to go to work, police said. The child was discovered in the area of Adams Street in Enola on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at approximately 5:49 p.m., according to East Pennsboro Township police. An investigation revealed that the girl's mother, 23-year-old Briana Desirae Terry, had left her unattended at home while she went to work, police said. Terry had not arranged for proper adult supervision before leaving, investigators said. She was charged with endangering th…

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Coatesville-Caln, PA
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Coatesville Man Found Shot On Abandoned Farm: $5K Reward Offered In 1977 Cold Case Coatesville Man Found Shot On Abandoned Farm: $5K Reward Offered In 1977 Cold Case Coatesville Man Found Shot On Abandoned Farm: $5K Reward Offered In 1977 Cold Case
Coatesville Man Found Shot On Abandoned Farm: $5K Reward Offered In 1977 Cold Case A Pennsylvania man who vanished after a night out nearly 50 years ago was found shot multiple times on an abandoned farm, and state police are renewing their search for answers with a $5,000 reward. Preston Frazier, a Coatesville resident and 1969 graduate of the Coatesville Area School District, was killed sometime between Thursday, April 7, and Sunday, April 10, 1977, according to a Pennsylvania State Police news release issued Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. Frazier was last seen alive on the night of April 7 near the intersection of Lincoln Highway and Third Avenue in Coatesville, Chester Cou…

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Vehicle In Pennsylvania: Police Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Vehicle In Pennsylvania: Police Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Vehicle In Pennsylvania: Police
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Vehicle In Pennsylvania: Police A man was killed after being struck by a vehicle in Pennsylvania on Wednesday morning, Oct. 14, police said. The crash happened in the 9900 block of Frankford Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia  at approximately 7:49 a.m., according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Officers assigned to the 8th District responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle and found that a man had been hit, police said. The victim was rushed by medics to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:31 a.m., according to police. His identity has not been released. The circu…

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Reading, PA
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Homicide Victim ID'd As Human Remains Found In Vacant Reading Home Homicide Victim ID'd As Human Remains Found In Vacant Reading Home Homicide Victim ID'd As Human Remains Found In Vacant Reading Home
Homicide Victim ID'd As Human Remains Found In Vacant Reading Home Human remains discovered inside a vacant home in Pennsylvania have been identified as those of a 47-year-old man whose death is being investigated as a homicide, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The remains were discovered inside an unoccupied property in the 500 block of South Sixth Street in Reading on Friday, Oct. 2, according to Berks County Coroner Matthew J. Stitzel. The victim has been identified as Jose Rodriguez-Figueroa Jr., 47, of Reading, following an extensive forensic investigation involving specialists from multiple disciplines, including two teams of forensic ant…

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Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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Mom Stabbed After Stepping In To Defend Daughter During Pennsylvania Pub Fight: Police Mom Stabbed After Stepping In To Defend Daughter During Pennsylvania Pub Fight: Police Mom Stabbed After Stepping In To Defend Daughter During Pennsylvania Pub Fight: Police
Mom Stabbed After Stepping In To Defend Daughter During Pennsylvania Pub Fight: Police A mother was stabbed in both shoulders after stepping outside a Philadelphia pub to intervene in an argument involving her daughter, who was also injured, police said. The stabbing happened in the 5300 block of Woodland Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia on Tuesday, Oct. 13, according to a release issued by the Philadelphia Police Department on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The mother was inside the pub when she heard her daughter arguing with another person outside the establishment, investigators said. When the mother stepped outside, the suspect stabbed her before fleeing the scene, police said. R…

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New Holland, PA
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Women Pepper-Spray Maryland Man Accused Of Stalking At New Holland Fair: Police Women Pepper-Spray Maryland Man Accused Of Stalking At New Holland Fair: Police Women Pepper-Spray Maryland Man Accused Of Stalking At New Holland Fair: Police
Women Pepper-Spray Maryland Man Accused Of Stalking At New Holland Fair: Police Several women attending a Lancaster County fair pepper-sprayed an 18-year-old man after he repeatedly approached them for their phone numbers and Snapchat accounts, refused to leave them alone, and left them fearing for their safety, police said. The incident unfolded at the New Holland Fair near North Roberts Avenue and East Main Street around 8:20 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, according to a release issued by the New Holland Police Department on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Officers working at the fair were alerted to a physical altercation and arrived to find a man lying on the ground after being spr…

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Enola-East Pennsboro, PA
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Trauma Patient Attacks Nurse At Holy Spirit Hospital, Police Say Trauma Patient Attacks Nurse At Holy Spirit Hospital, Police Say Trauma Patient Attacks Nurse At Holy Spirit Hospital, Police Say
Trauma Patient Attacks Nurse At Holy Spirit Hospital, Police Say A 19-year-old trauma patient attacked a nurse who was helping care for her at a Pennsylvania hospital, leaving the healthcare worker with visible injuries, police announced on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The assault happened at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center, located at 503 North 21st Street in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, around 5:51 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27, according to East Pennsboro Township police. Officers responded to the hospital after receiving a report that a member of the medical staff had been assaulted. The nurse told investigators that a trauma patient phy…

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Lititz, PA
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Lititz Mom Gave Alcohol To 3-Year-Old To Help Child Sleep: Police Lititz Mom Gave Alcohol To 3-Year-Old To Help Child Sleep: Police Lititz Mom Gave Alcohol To 3-Year-Old To Help Child Sleep: Police
Lititz Mom Gave Alcohol To 3-Year-Old To Help Child Sleep: Police A Pennsylvania mother gave alcohol to her children on multiple occasions, including her 3-year-old in an attempt to help the toddler fall asleep, according to a police investigation made public on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Jacqueline Dawn Wiggins, 39, of Lititz, was charged with felony endangering the welfare of children, misdemeanor corruption of minors, and furnishing alcohol to a minor, Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said. The investigation began after detectives received a report from Lancaster County Children and Youth Services alleging that Wiggins had provided alcohol to minors, a…

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Springfield-Morton, PA
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Springfield Lawyer Used $400K In Fake Checks To Dodge Taxes, Buy Electric Truck, Feds Say Springfield Lawyer Used $400K In Fake Checks To Dodge Taxes, Buy Electric Truck, Feds Say Springfield Lawyer Used $400K In Fake Checks To Dodge Taxes, Buy Electric Truck, Feds Say
Springfield Lawyer Used $400K In Fake Checks To Dodge Taxes, Buy Electric Truck, Feds Say A Pennsylvania attorney admitted to using more than $400,000 in fake checks to avoid paying federal taxes and purchase a new electric truck, then suing the dealership after it reclaimed the vehicle, federal prosecutors announced. Daniel A. Pallen, 46, of Springfield, Delaware County, pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion and one count of mail fraud before U.S. District Judge Gail A. Weilheimer on Tuesday, Sept. 1, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania shared by the FBI on Friday, Oct. 9. Pallen, a licensed attorney who owns a la…

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