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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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Police & Fire
Man Helping Hurt Dog On Highway Hit By Drunk Driver: Pennsylvania State Police Man Helping Hurt Dog On Highway Hit By Drunk Driver: Pennsylvania State Police
Man Helping Hurt Dog On Highway Hit By Drunk Driver: Pennsylvania State Police A Harrisburg man was hit by a drunk driver while helping an injured dog, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police.  The 58-year-old Harrisburg man was driving on US 522S in Oliver Township when he struck a dog, pulled over, and got out to check if it was ok, state police explain in the release.  While removing the dog from the roadway he was hit by a vehicle driven by 43-year-old Jamie Lynn Ross of Bellefonte, according to the release.  The injured man was airlifted to Penn State Hershey Medical Center with suspected serious injuries, police say.  Ross remai…

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Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP
Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP A Harrisburg, PA judge has ordered two former judges to pay $200 million to the families of children sent to prison as part of their kickback scheme, the Associated Press reports.   Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, both former judges in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, were found guilty in 2009 for charges in connection with a scheme that involved them using their positions to shutter county-run juvenile detention center, siphoning children from the juvenile court to PA Child Care and its sister facility, Western PA Child Care, according to court records.  Childr…

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Obituaries
Horrific Details Emerge About Bicycle Crash That Killed PA Police Cpl., Dad of 3: State Police Horrific Details Emerge About Bicycle Crash That Killed PA Police Cpl., Dad of 3: State Police
Horrific Details Emerge About Bicycle Crash That Killed PA Police Cpl., Dad of 3: State Police New details have emerged about a crash that killed a father of three, a police corporal who beat cancer and competed in Ironman. Briand R. Kozera, 43, of Blue Bell, failed to stop at a sign at the intersection at South Pool Forge and Nolt roads in Caernarvon Township at 9:48 a.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2022, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Kozera hit the midsection of the passenger side of a 1994 stake body-super duty Ford driven by 62-year-old John G. Good of East Earl, according to the release.  He slid under and "became caught under/in the rear passenger side wheel…

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Enraged Newville Man 'Waves Gun' At Tractor-Trailer Driver: Police Enraged Newville Man 'Waves Gun' At Tractor-Trailer Driver: Police
Enraged Newville Man 'Waves Gun' At Tractor-Trailer Driver: Police An argument in a central Pennsylvania roadway quickly escalated when a man pulled out a gun, police say. Gary Allen Horick Jr., 43, of Newville, got into a fight with tractor-trailer driver on Tuesday, August 16, according to a release by the police. Police were called to reports of him "waving a firearm around in the intersection of Main Street and High Street in Newville Borough," as stated in the release. Following an investigation he  is believed to have started the verbal argument and then pulled out the gun. It is unclear if this is a road rage incident. Horick was arrested and…

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Berks County Man Caught With Loaded Handgun At Harrisburg International Airport: TSA Berks County Man Caught With Loaded Handgun At Harrisburg International Airport: TSA
Berks County Man Caught With Loaded Handgun At Harrisburg International Airport: TSA A man with a loaded gun was stopped by the TSA at Harrisburg International Airport, officials said. The Reading resident was apprehended at a security checkpoint when he placed a loaded handgun on the x-ray machine on Monday, August 15, TSA said. Airport police apprehended the man and confiscated the 9mm caliber handgun loaded with nine bullets.. “This individual told our TSA officers that he forgot that he had his gun with him,” said Karen Keys-Turner, TSA’s Federal Security Director for the airport. “If you own a firearm, it is your responsibility to know where it is at all times. Not kn…

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15-Year-Old Ephrata Girl Missing Over 1 Week Found Safe: Police 15-Year-Old Ephrata Girl Missing Over 1 Week Found Safe: Police
15-Year-Old Ephrata Girl Missing Over 1 Week Found Safe: Police Update: Maria Garcia, 15, of Ephrata was found safe around 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17, according to an updated release by area police the following day. Original: A 15-year-old Ephrata Girl has been missing for over a week, police say.   Garcia’s whereabouts, please contact  or leave an anonymous tip by clicking the ‘submit a tip’ button. Maria Garcia was recently residing with extended family in Ephrata Township, but for an unknown reason packed up her things and has not been seen or heard from since August 6, according to  Ephrata police. No description of her wa…

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York Man Shot 'Missing' Man Dead, Dumping Body In Lancaster County: Police York Man Shot 'Missing' Man Dead, Dumping Body In Lancaster County: Police
York Man Shot 'Missing' Man Dead, Dumping Body In Lancaster County: Police Nearly five months after a reportedly missing Pennsylvania man was found dead, police believe they've found his killer. Edgardo Bermudez-Melendez, 31, of West York, was found dead on Holtwood Road/Route 372 in the area on the Norman Wood Bridge in Martic Township on Saturday, March. 19, around 8:15 a.m., Pennsylvania state police Troop Kevin Kochka stated in a release six days after he was reported as missing.  Carlos Omar Rivera-Rivera II, 24, of York, has been arrested in connection with Bermudez-Melendez's death on Tuesday, August 2022, according to an updated release by the state p…

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Missing Harrisburg Man Found Safe: Police Missing Harrisburg Man Found Safe: Police
Missing Harrisburg Man Found Safe: Police UPDATE Elmer Vargas, 61, of Harrisburg, has been located, according to an updated release by the police on Wednesday, August 17. ORIGINAL  A 61-year-old Harrisburg man has been missing since Monday, August 15, according to area police.  Elmer Vargas, lives on Harrisburg's south side of Harrisburg, but he hasn't been seen since the evening hours on Monday, the police explained on a release in the afternoon of Tuesday, August 16.  Additional information about this situation or Vargas was not released.  Anyone with information regarding the location of Vargas is asked t…

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Hershey's Chocolate World Finds 'Todd' For Rapper Macklemore After Viral TikTok Hershey's Chocolate World Finds 'Todd' For Rapper Macklemore After Viral TikTok
Hershey's Chocolate World Finds 'Todd' For Rapper Macklemore After Viral TikTok Hershey's Chocolate World staff heard about the rapper, Macklemore's TikTok post where he shared about why he almost didn't make it to his own performance at HersheyPark—and guess what? They found "Todd"! Thrift shopping performance had tried to stop by the HersheyPark store to spread some sweetness— in the form of Reese's cups— before his August 12 concert at the amusement park, but a few security guards tried to stop him from trying to ride a scooter inside the store. So, he quickly claimed that the "head honcho, Todd" gave him permission, but the problem was no one there seems to know an…

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Dr. Oz Goes To Wegner's? Or Did He Mean Wegman's? Or Redner's? In Bizarre Viral Video Dr. Oz Goes To Wegner's? Or Did He Mean Wegman's? Or Redner's? In Bizarre Viral Video
Dr. Oz Goes To Wegner's? Or Did He Mean Wegman's? Or Redner's? In Bizarre Viral Video A video television personality and Republican US Senate candidate for Pennsylvania, Dr. Mehmet Oz posted on social media in April 2022 has gone viral in August as Lt. Governor and Democratic candidate vying for the same seat, John Fetterman, turns the doctor's flob into fodder as campaign merchandise.  "I'm at Wegner's," Oz says at the start of the strange clip filmed in a supermarket.  He appears to have conflated the names of two grocery store chains — Redner’s and Wegman's — creating an imaginary third market called “Wegner's," the key word being imaginary as there is no Wegner's. The …

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