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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York, PA
Weather
2 Tornadoes Tear Through PA, Including York, As EF2 With 120 MPH Winds Rips Off Roofs 2 Tornadoes Tear Through PA, Including York, As EF2 With 120 MPH Winds Rips Off Roofs
2 Tornadoes Tear Through PA, Including York, As EF2 With 120 MPH Winds Rips Off Roofs Two tornadoes tore through York and Lancaster counties within minutes of each other, including an EF2 packing 120 mph winds that ripped roofs off parts of Eastern York High School, the National Weather Service confirmed Friday night, Aug. 21. The stronger tornado touched down south of Wrightsville at 4:24 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, carving a 1.07-mile path through eastern York County before lifting just two minutes later, according to the NWS damage survey. Just four minutes after that tornado lifted, an EF1 with estimated peak winds of 100 mph touched down in Columbia Borough, where buildings…

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by Jillian Pikora
Islip, NY
Breaking News
Man Ejected From Dodge Ram In Oakdale Crash, Seriously Injured: Police Man Ejected From Dodge Ram In Oakdale Crash, Seriously Injured: Police
Man Ejected From Dodge Ram In Oakdale Crash, Seriously Injured: Police A 51-year-old Long Island man was seriously injured after losing control of his pickup truck, striking several trees, and being ejected from the vehicle, police announced on Friday, Aug. 21. The Oakdale man was driving a 2021 Dodge Ram south on Riverview Court in Oakdale at 1:22 p.m. when he lost control, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The Ram left the roadway and struck several trees before the driver was ejected, police said. He was taken to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore with serious injuries. The vehicle was impounded for a safety check as Suffolk C…

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Columbia, PA
Breaking News
Lancaster County Declares Disaster After Storm Collapses Columbia Buildings Lancaster County Declares Disaster After Storm Collapses Columbia Buildings
Lancaster County Declares Disaster After Storm Collapses Columbia Buildings Lancaster County has declared a countywide disaster after Thursday's powerful storm caused "significant damage" in Columbia Borough, including the complete collapse of some buildings and leaving multiple homes uninhabitable, officials announced on Friday, Aug. 21. The Lancaster County Commissioners issued the emergency declaration Friday following Columbia Borough's own disaster declaration, which went into effect at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20. The borough and Lancaster County Department of Public Safety's Emergency Management Division recommended the countywide declaration because of the ext…

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by Jillian Pikora
Reading, PA
Breaking News
$9.8K In Cocaine, Pills, Guns Seized From Reading Home: DA $9.8K In Cocaine, Pills, Guns Seized From Reading Home: DA
$9.8K In Cocaine, Pills, Guns Seized From Reading Home: DA Nearly $10,000 worth of cocaine and other suspected drugs, along with two guns — one of them stolen — were seized during a raid of a Reading home, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 21. Diamonte Peair Sims, 24, of Reading, was taken into custody after Berks County Drug Task Force detectives served a search warrant at 617 Brookline Plaza around 9 a.m. Friday as part of an ongoing narcotics investigation, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Investigators had identified Sims as a suspect in the trafficking of controlled substances from the residence, the DA's office sa…

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Harrisburg, PA
Breaking News
13-Year-Old ID'd After Suspicious Death In Harrisburg Home: Officials 13-Year-Old ID'd After Suspicious Death In Harrisburg Home: Officials
13-Year-Old ID'd After Suspicious Death In Harrisburg Home: Officials A young teen found dead inside a Harrisburg home earlier this week had been shot in the head, the Dauphin County Coroner's Office confirmed to Daily Voice on Friday, Aug. 21. Tylil Glover, a 13-Year-Old Harrisburg resident, died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to Dauphin County Coroner's Office spokesperson Vince Paese. His manner of death remains pending investigation, Paese told Daily Voice. Harrisburg police were called to a residence in the 3000 block of North 6th Street for a report of a deceased juvenile at approximately 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18. Officers found Glover …

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by Jillian Pikora
Lebanon, PA
Breaking News
Child's Severed Ear Found In Home After Dogs' 2nd Attack; 3 Charged In Lebanon: Court Docs Child's Severed Ear Found In Home After Dogs' 2nd Attack; 3 Charged In Lebanon: Court Docs
Child's Severed Ear Found In Home After Dogs' 2nd Attack; 3 Charged In Lebanon: Court Docs A portion of a 6-year-old girl's ear was found inside a Lebanon County home after two dogs mauled her — their second serious attack on a young child at the residence — according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Aug. 21. Rebecca Hresko, 31, and her parents, Andrew "Andy" Hresko, 70, and Debra Hresko, 61, of the Hresko family, who run Hresko's Bar-B-Que Pit, have been charged for their respective roles in the attacks involving the family's dogs, Chip and Zeus, at their South Lebanon Township home. Rebecca Hresko faces First-Degree Felony Aggravated Assault of a Child, Sec…

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Hershey, PA
Breaking News
Animal Rescuer Charged After Pug Dies; 44 Cats, Dogs Found In Hershey U-Haul: Police Animal Rescuer Charged After Pug Dies; 44 Cats, Dogs Found In Hershey U-Haul: Police
Animal Rescuer Charged After Pug Dies; 44 Cats, Dogs Found In Hershey U-Haul: Police A New York woman transporting dozens of rescue animals to Oklahoma was arrested in Pennsylvania after police found 45 animals packed inside a U-Haul without water and a severely injured pug that had to be euthanized, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 21. Selma T. Kizil, 57, told Derry Township police she runs an animal rescue on Long Island and was moving the animals to her new home in Oklahoma City when officers discovered them at the Hershey Animal Emergency Center around 9:09 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, according to the department. Officers found the animals throughout the front and bac…

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by Jillian Pikora
Greencastle, PA
Breaking News
‘Demon’ Made BF Stab PennWest Soccer Star Dead, Mom Helped Hide Body: Court Docs ‘Demon’ Made BF Stab PennWest Soccer Star Dead, Mom Helped Hide Body: Court Docs
‘Demon’ Made BF Stab PennWest Soccer Star Dead, Mom Helped Hide Body: Court Docs A soccer player days away from starting her freshman year was stabbed to death by her boyfriend after he claimed a “demon” took over and told him to stab her in a Jeep parked near her dorm — then his mother helped clean up and conceal her body, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Aug. 21. Royce Joel Moser, 18, of Canonsburg, is charged with criminal homicide in the death of 18-year-old Karoline Jordyn Heintz, along with abuse of a corpse, conspiracy, tampering with evidence, conspiracy to tamper with evidence, and obstructing the administration of law, court recor…

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by Jillian Pikora
Wyomissing, PA
Breaking News
36-Year-Old Man ID'd After Being Found Dead In Wyomissing Swimming Pool: Coroner 36-Year-Old Man ID'd After Being Found Dead In Wyomissing Swimming Pool: Coroner
36-Year-Old Man ID'd After Being Found Dead In Wyomissing Swimming Pool: Coroner The 36-year-old man found dead in a swimming pool at his Berks County home has been identified, officials announced on Friday, Aug. 21. Patrick Thomas Barrett, of the 1400 block of Cleveland Avenue in Wyomissing, was identified as the man found unresponsive in the pool, according to Berks County Coroner Matthew J. Stitzel. The coroner's office was called to the home at 5:47 p.m., and deputies pronounced Barrett dead at the scene. His body was then taken to Reading Hospital for further investigation. Wyomissing police were called to the Cleveland Avenue home after a neighbor reported findin…

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Allentown, PA
Breaking News
School Bus Drivers Sneak Into Allentown Garage, Accessing Protected Student Records, Police Say School Bus Drivers Sneak Into Allentown Garage, Accessing Protected Student Records, Police Say
School Bus Drivers Sneak Into Allentown Garage, Accessing Protected Student Records, Police Say Two school bus drivers are accused of sneaking into a secure Pennsylvania school garage after hours and repeatedly accessing protected district records, the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, Aug. 19. Shawn Levy, of Breinigsville, and Tyler Young, of Allentown, worked as Parkland School District bus drivers when the alleged crimes occurred, according to the release. Both are charged with felony counts of Conspiracy to Burglary, Conspiracy to Criminal Trespass, and Conspiracy to the Unlawful Duplication. The investigation began after Parkland School Director of…

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