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Jillian Pikora

Assistant Managing Editor

jpikora@dailyvoice.com

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. Over the past decade, she has worked as a staff reporter and freelance writer at Sisters Magazine, The Tempest, Huffington Post, CairoScene, and several other outlets. Prior to joining Daily Voice, Jillian worked as a digital news editor at Hearst's local NBC affiliate, WGAL News 8. She currently manages and reports stories in Pennsylvania for Daily Voice.

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Missing Teen Mom, Infant Could Be In Baltimore, Police In PA Say Missing Teen Mom, Infant Could Be In Baltimore, Police In PA Say
Missing Teen Mom, Infant Could Be In Baltimore, Police In PA Say A teen mom and her infant son have gone missing from their Lancaster, PA home and are thought to be heading to Baltimore, MD, police announced on Friday afternoon, Sept. 20.  Karina Solenzal-Rodriguez, 16 years old, and her 3-month-old son, Liam Daniel Solenzal-Rodriguez left their Lancaster City home sometime between 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19 and 2 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, Karina's parents/Liam's grandparents told the police.  Karina left in her parents’ gray 2012 Honda Accord with PA license plate "MLJ6006," the police detailed in the release.  The pair are thought to …

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Business
Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor Will Power Microsoft AI Factory Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor Will Power Microsoft AI Factory
Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor Will Power Microsoft AI Factory The Constellation Energy Corporation has entered a purchase agreement with Microsoft meaning a nuclear reactor could be turned back on on Three Mile Island as soon as 2028, the company announced in a release on Friday, Sept. 20. The announcement comes exactly Five years to the day that the company turned off Unit 1 reactor on TMI. Nuclear Reactor Unit 2 on TMI infamously was shut down following the historic partial meltdown in 1979. The 20-year power purchase agreement will includes turning back on at least the Unit 1 reactor and opening Crane Clean Energy Center on the property. The agre…

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Amish Horse-Buggy Crash Closed PA 340: PennDOT Amish Horse-Buggy Crash Closed PA 340: PennDOT
Amish Horse-Buggy Crash Closed PA 340: PennDOT A horse-and-buggy crash closed part of PA 340 in Lancaster County on Thursday evening, Sept. 19, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice.  The horse-and-buggy and vehicle collided at the intersection of PA 340 and School Lane Road in the Salisbury Township, Gap area around 6:30 p.m. The road was completely closed "due to the vehicle rolling over," Schreffler said. The area fully reopened just after 8 p.m. There is no word of any injuries to the people or the horse involved in the crash.  Pennsylvania State Police are investigatin…

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Family Releases Body Cam Footage Of Reading Dad Of 6 Shot Dead By Police Family Releases Body Cam Footage Of Reading Dad Of 6 Shot Dead By Police
Family Releases Body Cam Footage Of Reading Dad Of 6 Shot Dead By Police Graphic body camera footage showing police shooting a Reading father of six dead has been released, and it appears to contradict the DA and police statements.  The family of 50-year-old Damon Scott Stern Sr., also known as DJ Nomad, along with their attorney held a press conference on Thursday, Sept. 19. During the conference they shared videos from the body cameras worn by the two officers called to Stern's home in the 400 block of Windsor Street, Reading at 3:37 a.m. on Monday, March 25. The Air Force Veteran was having suicidal thoughts and was holding a knife, according t…

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Police & Fire
2 Vehicle Car Leaves 1 Dead In Susquehanna Township Police Say 2 Vehicle Car Leaves 1 Dead In Susquehanna Township Police Say
2 Vehicle Car Leaves 1 Dead In Susquehanna Township Police Say A two-vehicle crash left one person dead early Thursday morning, Sept. 19, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials told Daily Voice, and Susquehanna Township police later confirmed. The crash happened in the 2200 block of Walnut Street, in Susquehanna Township between 2:30 and 2:40 a.m., officials told us.  Both drives were taken to local hospitals, where one was pronounced dead, according to the police.  "There were no other known occupants of either vehicle," the police said. This fatal crash remains under investigation by area police and the Dauphin County Ac…

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Police & Fire
Accused PA Incestuous Child Rapist Arrested In VA: Police Accused PA Incestuous Child Rapist Arrested In VA: Police
Accused PA Incestuous Child Rapist Arrested In VA: Police An accused child rapist who appears to have been on the run, was captured in Virginia, New Holland police announced on Thursday, Sept. 19. Jeffrey Alan Smith, 45, of New Holland, was charged by Officer Halstead with the following felonies: Rape of a Child, Statutory Sexual Assault, Aggravated Indecent Assault, Indecent Assault of a Minor under 13 (two counts), Corruption of Minors (two counts), Incest of Minors,  Unlawful Contact with Minors (two counts) and Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse. The police began investigating following a referral by Lancaster County Children and Yout…

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Daycare Worker, Mechanicsburg Mom, BF Made Children Perform Sex Acts: Affidavit Daycare Worker, Mechanicsburg Mom, BF Made Children Perform Sex Acts: Affidavit
Daycare Worker, Mechanicsburg Mom, BF Made Children Perform Sex Acts: Affidavit Multiple videos found on a man's phone of young children being sexually abused or being forced to commit sex acts by and on a daycare employee and Mechanicsburg mom have led to two arrests in Cumberland County, according to court documents received by Daily Voice on Monday, Sept. 16.  Morgan Rothenhoefer, 24, of Mechanicsburg, has been charged with the following felonies: corruption of minors, five counts of filming a sex act of a child, deviate sexual intercourse of a child, aggravated indecent assault with a child under 13, and child rape. Jamie Souders, 41, of Middlesex, has be…

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Police & Fire
DNA Testing Required In Fatal Fire At 124-Year-Old Harrisburg Rowhome: Officials DNA Testing Required In Fatal Fire At 124-Year-Old Harrisburg Rowhome: Officials
DNA Testing Required In Fatal Fire At 124-Year-Old Harrisburg Rowhome: Officials DNA testing will be required to identify a woman who died in a fire at a rowhome built over 124 years ago, authorities explained on Wednesday, Sept. 17 and public records show.  Three apartments within the rowhome burned in the 200 block of North 15th Street beginning around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12, according to the Dauphin County Department of Public Safety. Crews battled the blaze even as the roof collapsed, fire officials explained and videos and photos showed. 3rd Alarm Fire - North 15th Street, Harrisburg City Posted by Dustin Weese on Thursday, September 12, 202…

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Family Of Man Shot Dead By Reading Police To Release Body Cam Footage: Attorney Family Of Man Shot Dead By Reading Police To Release Body Cam Footage: Attorney
Family Of Man Shot Dead By Reading Police To Release Body Cam Footage: Attorney The family of an Air Force Veteran and dad of six dead who was shot dead by the police is releasing the police body camera footage as their wrongful death lawsuit advances, Attorneys Shaka Johnson and Kevin O’Brien told Daily Voice on Wednesday, Sept. 18.  Damon Scott Stern Sr., also known as DJ Nomad, 50, of Reading was shot dead by police officers responding to his home for a call of a suicidal man with a knife in the 400 block of Windsor Street, Reading at 3:37 a.m. on Monday, March 25, 2024, as Daily Voice previously reported. Following an investigation into the shooting, Berk…

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Lebanon Teen Charged As Adult For Shooting Man: Affidavit Lebanon Teen Charged As Adult For Shooting Man: Affidavit
Lebanon Teen Charged As Adult For Shooting Man: Affidavit A teenage boy has been arrested and a 21-year-old man is in the hospital following a shooting in Lebanon on Tuesday, Sept. 17, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice the following day.  Luis Yirie Correa Gomez, 17, of Lebanon, was having "a verbal argument" with a woman outside a home in the 1700 block of Center Street when he pulled a gun from his waistband making the woman "fear of serious bodily injury," North Cornwall Township police explained in the affidavit of probable citing the witness.  When a 21-year-old man came from the home to speak with Correa Gomez, t…

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