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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.

Jillian Pikora's Contributions

Police & Fire
Watch 'Superheroes' Rescue Trucker As Tractor-Trailer Explodes On PA Turnpike (VIDEO) Watch 'Superheroes' Rescue Trucker As Tractor-Trailer Explodes On PA Turnpike (VIDEO)
Watch 'Superheroes' Rescue Trucker As Tractor-Trailer Explodes On PA Turnpike (Video) "Some superheroes"— including a member of the US military— rescued a truck driver from the cab of his smoking tractor-trailer seconds before it exploded, and another driver caught the whole thing on camera. The crash—turned explosion— rocked the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Irwin at mile marker 69.9 on Saturday, Oct. 15 around 1:30 p.m. according to state police.  "We are shook. As we pulled away, we heard the explosion. We are hoping everyone involved is ok. There were some superheroes here who pulled the driver out," Amy Romig said in her Facebook post with the video o…

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Inmate Found Dead In Central PA Prison Inmate Found Dead In Central PA Prison
Inmate Found Dead In Central PA Prison An inmate was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead at a State Correctional Institution in central Pennsylvania, prison authorities told Daily Voice on Tuesday, Oct. 18.  Kenneth Eugene McLaughlin, 44, previously of 164 West Jamestown Road, Hempfield Township, was found unresponsive in his cell during staff rounds that morning, Acting Superintendent William Nicklow of the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill says.  Emergency personnel was notified and CPR was administered until Penn State Life Lion EMS arrived, but ultimately McLaughlin was pronounced deceased a…

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UPDATE Accused Child Rapist Found In Central PA, Police Say UPDATE Accused Child Rapist Found In Central PA, Police Say
Update Accused Child Rapist Found In Central PA, Police Say UPDATE: Accused child rapist Vernon Odean Moody has been located, according to an updated release by the Harrisburg Bureau of police.  ORIGINAL: A man accused of raping a child is at-large in central Pennsylvania, police announced on Tuesday, Oct. 18.  Harrisburg City police are searching for Vernon Odean Moody, 58, of Harrisburg, who raped and sexually assaulted a child during "interactions" between 2015 and 2016, the department alleges. He was charged Monday with rape of a child, unlawful contact with a minor, photographing or videotaping sexual acts of a child, and four relat…

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Man Crushed To Death By Bulldozer In Central PA ID'd By Coroner Man Crushed To Death By Bulldozer In Central PA ID'd By Coroner
Man Crushed To Death By Bulldozer In Central PA ID'd By Coroner An 81-year-old man was crushed to death when a bulldozer rolled down a hill and landed on him, authorities say.  The Ephrata police had been called to a report of "a person run over by a bulldozer," in Ephrata on Monday, Oct. 17 at approximately 2 p.m. the department stated in a release later that night. Emergency crews found "one man was killed after being struck by the bulldozer," in the 600 block of Mount Airy Road, West Cocalico Township, the police say.  Authorities soon learned that he was one of two men who had been "cutting trees in a nearby ravine when the bulldozer…

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Former Lancaster Mayor Charlie Smithgall Dies At 77 Former Lancaster Mayor Charlie Smithgall Dies At 77
Former Lancaster Mayor Charlie Smithgall Dies At 77 The former mayor of Lancaster, who survived armed robbery and cancer, Charlie Smithgall, has died at the age of 77, according to his family. He passed at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 3:30 a.m., his wife Debbie Smithgall, told LNP.  In a post on Facebook, his daughter Allison Smithgall wrote: "It is with the utmost sadness that I wish to share that my dad passed away about an hour ago … Charlie Smithgall was the best dad, husband, poppop & friend anyone in the world could have asked for. He loved his family, he loved his farm and loved his cannons. …

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Schools
Child Arrested Following Incident At Pennsylvania Middle School: State Police Child Arrested Following Incident At Pennsylvania Middle School: State Police
Child Arrested Following Incident At Pennsylvania Middle School: State Police A middle school student was arrested following an incident at his school, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police on Monday, Oct. 17. The state police were called to Bermudian Springs Middle School to investigate an incident of harassment on Oct. 4 at 1:54 p.m., as detailed in the release. During the investigation, police learned that a 12-year-old boy had struck a fellow student, a 12-year-old girl. The 12-year-old boy was arrested and charged with Harassment- physical contact, according to the release. State police continue to investigate this incident. No update was availa…

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Bulldozer Rolls Down Hill Crushing Man To Death In Central PA: Police Bulldozer Rolls Down Hill Crushing Man To Death In Central PA: Police
Bulldozer Rolls Down Hill Crushing Man To Death In Central PA: Police Imagine you're trimming trees and you suddenly hear the sounds of metal machinery rolling down a hill, and you're at the bottom. That's what happened to one man in Ephrata on Monday, Oct. 17 at approximately 2 p.m., authorities say. The Ephrata police had been called to a report of "a person run over by a bulldozer," the department stated in a release later that night. Emergency crews found "one man was killed after being struck by the bulldozer," in the 600 block of Mount Airy Road, West Cocalico Township, the police say.  Authorities soon learned that he was one of two men who had …

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Teen Disappeared Off Central Pennsylvania Front Porch Days Ago: Police Teen Disappeared Off Central Pennsylvania Front Porch Days Ago: Police
Teen Disappeared Off Central Pennsylvania Front Porch Days Ago: Police A 14-year-old boy went missing on Saturday, Oct. 15, Lancaster City Bureau of police announced on Monday afternoon.  Savion Patterson was last seen on the front porch of his residence on the 400 block of New Holland Avenue at approximately 2:30 a.m., the police detailing the release.  "Savion's family is eager to have him home safe and sound as soon as possible! We ask for help from this great community to locate Savion and help us reunite him with his family," the police say.  Anyone with information on Savion's whereabouts is asked to call 717 735-3301.

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These 3 Pennsylvania Cities Rank Among The 'Most Neighborly Cities' In America Website Says These 3 Pennsylvania Cities Rank Among The 'Most Neighborly Cities' In America Website Says
These 3 Pennsylvania Cities Rank Among The 'Most Neighborly Cities' In America Website Says What does it mean to be neighborly?  Each year, Neighbor.com ranks US cities on "a variety of publicly available data sets related to charitable giving, generosity, happiness, and well-being of residents, and other factors we think contribute to a city’s overall neighborliness," the company says. The company asked Americans about their neighborly habits, their relationships with their neighbors, and what they think makes a community most neighborly. Here are some of the things it discovered: Rising gas prices had people spending more time with  their neighbors and local frie…

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Obituaries
Active Homicide Investigation Into Shooting In Central Pennsylvania: Police Active Homicide Investigation Into Shooting In Central Pennsylvania: Police
Active Homicide Investigation Into Shooting In Central Pennsylvania: Police Frank Berryman Jr., 21 of Lower Paxton Township, died from gunshot injuries following a shooting at an apartment, on Saturday, May 1, 2021, more than a year later, police say the investigation is now considered "an active homicide investigation," according to a release on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.  Officers were originally dispatched for a report of shots fired in the 4900 block of Lancer Street in Lower Paxton Township around 9:30 p.m. according to the initial police. Frank T. Berryman Jr. was found suffering from multiple gunshots inside a Colonial Glen apartment building, where died from h…

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