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Jillian Pikora

Senior 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. 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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Schools
Threat Closes Central Pennsylvania Middle School Threat Closes Central Pennsylvania Middle School
Threat Closes Central Pennsylvania Middle School A threat at a middle school in central Pennsylvania has led officials to cancel cancels on Friday, Nov. 18.  Conestoga Valley School District officials canceled classes at Gerald G. Huesken Middle School due to a "specific threat" made sometime on Thursday night, Superintendent Dave Zuilkoski wrote in a letter to parents.  Details about the threat were not released and the school was only closed "in an abundance of caution," Zuilkoski said.  The district has notified East Lampeter Township Police Department. "This threat has not yet been determined to be credible …

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Teen Mom, 2-Month-Old Infant Missing For Over Two Weeks From Central Pennsylvania Teen Mom, 2-Month-Old Infant Missing For Over Two Weeks From Central Pennsylvania
Teen Mom, 2-Month-Old Infant Missing For Over Two Weeks From Central Pennsylvania A 17-year-old girl and her 2-month-old baby have been missing from their York County home for weeks, according to a release by Missing Kids on Thursday, Nov. 17.  Sonia Choc Chub and her daughter Lizabeth Pop Chub, born on Aug. 25, have not been seen Oct. 29, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Sonia is described as White with black hair and brown eyes, approximately 5 feet tall, and weighing 110 pounds.  Lizabeth Chub is about 1 foot tall and 20 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone who sees either of these girls or has information abou…

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Second College Student Found Dead In Central Pennsylvania Dorm Second College Student Found Dead In Central Pennsylvania Dorm
Second College Student Found Dead In Central Pennsylvania Dorm A York College Freshman who was found unresponsive died on Thursday, Nov. 17, authorities say.  Ryan Heflin, of Norristown, was found in his residence hall Thursday afternoon and later pronounced dead, according to Richard Satterlee, dean of student development and campus life. His death is not considered suspicious, Satterlee says.  Heflin had been majoring in sports media. You can read Satterlee's letter to the community below: It is with a heavy heart that I share with all of you the death of one of our students, Ryan Heflin. Ryan was found unresponsive in his residence hall…

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Obituaries
Central Pennsylvania Man Dies In Airborne Crash On US 322 Central Pennsylvania Man Dies In Airborne Crash On US 322
Central Pennsylvania Man Dies In Airborne Crash On US 322 A 44-year-old man was killed in a crash on US 322 on Wednesday, Nov. 16, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Keith Krieger of Herndon was going south on State Road/US 11 in his 2012 Hyundai Elantra at the US 322 West exit ramp in Watts Township when he left the roadway around 7:30 p.m., the police detail in the release.  Krieger slammed into a guide rail— becoming airborne and striking a tree— 40 feet from the roadway and the car was now facing west, the police explained.  He was pronounced dead at the scene.  Krieger was a class of 1995 graduate of Shikellamy High Schoo…

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Police & Fire
12K Gallons Used To Extinguish Tesla Fire On I-80 In Western Pennsylvania 12K Gallons Used To Extinguish Tesla Fire On I-80 In Western Pennsylvania
12K Gallons Used To Extinguish Tesla Fire On I-80 In Western Pennsylvania Multiple fire crews were called to Tesla fire on Interstate 80 on Tuesday, Nov. 15, authorities say. The Tesla's lithium-ion battery had burst into flames near mile marker 137, Morris Township Volunteer Fire Company and the Columbia Volunteer Fire Company detailed in media releases.  Additional tankers from Clearfield and Centre Counties were required "as the vehicle would continue to reignite and burn (fiercely) at times," the volunteers at Morris Township stated in the release. "This vehicle burnt so hot and long that if it was not for the rims you might not even of know it was a vehicl…

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Fiery Crash Leaves One Dead, Three Hurt Near FBI In Pittsburgh Following Police Pursuit Fiery Crash Leaves One Dead, Three Hurt Near FBI In Pittsburgh Following Police Pursuit
Fiery Crash Leaves One Dead, Three Hurt Near FBI In Pittsburgh Following Police Pursuit One person has died and at least three others were hurt following a fiery crash in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Nov. 17, according to multiple media outlets and Pittsburgh public safety. The chase led police across Allegheny County starting in  McKeesport and ending in Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats neighborhood, reports WPXI.  The crash and blaze had Pittsburgh emergency crews working in the 3300 block of East Carson Street starting  8:30 p.m. lasting for several hours and closing the roadway between South 33rd Street and Becks Run Road, reports WTAE.  Pittsburgh Publi…

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SILVER ALERT CANCELED Lancaster Woman Found Safe, Police Say SILVER ALERT CANCELED Lancaster Woman Found Safe, Police Say
Silver ALERT Canceled Lancaster Woman Found Safe, Police Say UPDATE: Elaine Wright, 70, of Columbia has been found safe and has been reunited with family members, Columbia Borough police say.  ORIGINAL: A 70-year-old Lancaster County woman is missing and might be in danger, authorities say. Elaine Wright was last seen in the area of Concord Lane in Columbia on Nov. 15 around 5 a.m., according to a release by the Pennsylvania state police. Wright was driving a 2005 silver Honda Pilot with PA registration LHS6689, the police detailed in the release. Wright is described as: Five feet, 2 inches tall 180 pounds Gray hair and blue eyes…

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Dating Profile Helped Police ID Arsonist Who Endangered Children In Central Pennsylvania: DA Dating Profile Helped Police ID Arsonist Who Endangered Children In Central Pennsylvania: DA
Dating Profile Helped Police ID Arsonist Who Endangered Children In Central Pennsylvania: DA A former convict has confessed to starting multiple fires, endangering 11 lives in central Pennsylvania, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. Alvin Frank Chambers III, 31, of Maytown, entered an open guilty plea to two first-degree felony counts of arson of an inhabited building or structure and related charges in Lancaster County Court on September 2, 2022, according to a release by the DA on Thursday, Nov. 17. Emergency crews were called to the first fire “burning in a yard that was beginning to ignite the exterior of a home” in the 500 block of Poplar Street on J…

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17-Year-Old Student Secretly Recorded Her Teachers In Lancaster County, Police Say 17-Year-Old Student Secretly Recorded Her Teachers In Lancaster County, Police Say
17-Year-Old Student Secretly Recorded Her Teachers In Lancaster County, Police Say A 17-year-old girl allegedly secretly recorded her teachers, authorities say.  The unnamed student supposedly made the recording of her teachers at Lancaster County Career & Technology Center at 1730 Hans Herr Dr, Willow Street in October. The student has been charged with third-degree felonies for interception, disclosure or use of wire, electronic or oral communications and criminal use of a communication facility, West Lampeter Township police setail in the release.  She was arrested and formally charged on Nov. 15, according to the police release.  Th…

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TWO HOUR TERROR: Mom, Son, 5, Held Hostage During Armed Burglary, Pennsylvania State Police Say TWO HOUR TERROR: Mom, Son, 5, Held Hostage During Armed Burglary, Pennsylvania State Police Say
TWO Hour Terror: Mom, Son, 5, Held Hostage During Armed Burglary, Pennsylvania State Police Say A Williamstown man allegedly held a 23-year-old woman and her 5-year-old son hostage with a gun during a burglary overnight, according to police. Armed with a handgun, 23-year-old Matthew Ronald Lentz broke into a home in the 1100 block of Spectown Road in Lykens on Wednesday, Nov. 16 around 2 a.m., according to a release by Pennsylvania state police.  For approximately two hours and 15 minutes, he held them, hostage, while threatening to kill them, as explained in the release.  Lentz fired the gun inside the home around 4:15 a.m.—then he attempted to flee but state pol…

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