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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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PA Man Attempted To Kill Officer During Foot Chase Between Two Armed Robberies: Police PA Man Attempted To Kill Officer During Foot Chase Between Two Armed Robberies: Police
PA Man Attempted To Kill Officer During Foot Chase Between Two Armed Robberies: Police A 21-year-old, intoxicated Pennsylvania man has been charged with Attempted Manslaughter of a Law Enforcement Officer— among more than a dozen other charges— after two armed robberies and a foot chase, police say. York City police were called to an armed robbery in the 500 block East Philadelphia Street only to find the suspect in the 400 block of Walnut Street on Friday, Mar. 25 around 11:45 p.m., according to a release by the department. While fleeing, "the suspect fired a shot in the officer’s direction," and the man got away from police, the release states. But then a suspect with the…

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DUI Public Safety Director Fired For 'Reasons Beyond Crash': Report DUI Public Safety Director Fired For 'Reasons Beyond Crash': Report
DUI Public Safety Director Fired For 'Reasons Beyond Crash': Report A public safety director hired in a central Pennsylvania town less than a year ago has been fired following a DUI crash, PennLive reports. However, municipal officials say the crash wasn't the only thing that contributed to Bill Baldwin's termination. Baldwin, 51, of Hummelstown, was charged after a March 16 crash on West Chocolate Avenue in Derry Township, police previously announced. His car went off the north side of the highway and struck a tree. Baldwin, Middletown Borough's public safety director, had a blood alcohol level between .10 and .16— the state limit is .08, police said…

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PA Woman With History Of Violence Stabs BF In Chest Barely Missing His Heart: Report PA Woman With History Of Violence Stabs BF In Chest Barely Missing His Heart: Report
PA Woman With History Of Violence Stabs BF In Chest Barely Missing His Heart: Report A Pennsylvania woman, with a history of assault, is facing charges again after a fight with her boyfriend escalated to her stabbing him in the chest on Wednesday, according to a report by PennLive and court records. Shakyra Ann Marie Clark, 34, of Harrisburg, had been arguing with her boyfriend in a car and when they got out, she stabbed him near 14th and Market streets on Mar. 24 around 12:36 a.m., the outlet says citing police. The knife was four or five inches deep in the man's body, just missing all of his vital organs, the outlet reports citing the affidavit of probable c…

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Snow Way! Polar Vortex Could Bring Snow Back To Pennsylvania, Maryland Snow Way! Polar Vortex Could Bring Snow Back To Pennsylvania, Maryland
Snow Way! Polar Vortex Could Bring Snow Back To Pennsylvania, Maryland It might have felt like spring all week with warmer weather and rains, but snow is predicted to come back to the Mid-Atlantic region this weekend. Temperature fluctuations will be bringing colder to mild days for the last week of March and the beginning of April, according to AccuWeather forecasters. “Thanks to a developing atmospheric traffic jam near Greenland, the jet stream is about to get some sizable buckles in it,” AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok said. Although the jet stream often marks where colder air lies to its north with milder air to its south, a pola…

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Girl, 5, Dies In ATV Crash: PA State Police Girl, 5, Dies In ATV Crash: PA State Police
Girl, 5, Dies In ATV Crash: PA State Police A 5-year-old girl has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash at a private residence, Pennsylvania state police say. Troopers were called to an ATV accident involving a girl at the home in Beccaria Township just before 2 p.m. on Thursday, Mar. 24 according to a release by the police. Police soon discovered that the girl had suffered life-threatening injuries and she was soon pronounced dead. It is unclear if she was taken to a hospital or if she died at the scene of the crash. The investigation into the crash is ongoing. Authorities have not released the identity of the child.

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PA Man Accused Of Double Baby Mama Murderer Attempted To Kill Fellow Inmate: Police PA Man Accused Of Double Baby Mama Murderer Attempted To Kill Fellow Inmate: Police
PA Man Accused Of Double Baby Mama Murderer Attempted To Kill Fellow Inmate: Police A man who allegedly admitted to killing his two of the mothers' of his children— one of whom was pregnant at the time— is now accused of attempting to murder another man while in prison, authorities say. Davone Unique Anderson, a 26-year-old inmate at the Cumberland County Prison, assaulted another inmate at the Cumberland County Prison “by punching him numerous times and throwing him over the railing of the second floor,” Middlesex Township police stated in a release on Friday, Mar. 25. “The victim suffered multiple fractures and bruising throughout his body” and was taken to the hospital,…

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2.5-Hour Police Standoff Ends In PA Man's Suicide 2.5-Hour Police Standoff Ends In PA Man's Suicide
2.5-Hour Police Standoff Ends In PA Man's Suicide A welfare-check turned standoff in central Pennsylvania came to a terrible conclusion on Thursday night, police say. A 24-year-old man took his own life in a home in the 500 block of Bull Run Road in Lower Windsor Township on Mar. 24, area police report. The unnamed man was believed to be having emotional issues, so his friends asked the "department to check on his welfare," the release states. Upon arrival, officers tried to contact him but when they entered the home the officers heard a gunshot on the second floor, according to the release. After that, "other police agencies and the Y…

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Hunting, Fishing PA Teen Reels In Ticket To Hollywood On 'American Idol' Hunting, Fishing PA Teen Reels In Ticket To Hollywood On 'American Idol'
Hunting, Fishing PA Teen Reels In Ticket To Hollywood On 'American Idol' A hunting-fishing 17-year-old girl from Pennsylvania blew the American Idol judges out of the water at her audition with her raspy, sultry voice. Morgan Gruber is this season's "diamond in the rough" singer, as Katy Perry called her, who pulls audiences in with her intimacy but says she once was afraid to perform in front of people. When she tells the judges she enjoys "every minute" of hunting and fishing on her family's 12 acres in Beaver County, Luke Bryan says "I love this girl already." But the love doesn't stop for Gruber, as she sang Elle King’s “Can’t Be Loved” Lionel Richie says "…

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Teen Killed In Crash Into Tractor-Trailer, Stone Wall On RT 11: PA State Police Teen Killed In Crash Into Tractor-Trailer, Stone Wall On RT 11: PA State Police
Teen Killed In Crash Into Tractor-Trailer, Stone Wall On RT 11: PA State Police An 18-year-old from Newville has died in a crash after he hit a tractor-trailer and was pinned between it and a stone wall, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police.Noah J. Blessing was driving his 1995 Dodge Stratus on Ritner Highway/Route11 near Stoughstown Road on Mar. 24, according to a release by state police investigator Wesley Smith. At the same time, Marvin H. Shoemaker, 66, was traveling in his 2015 International Harvest heading east along the road near the 2100 block in South Newton Township at 11:52 a.m., the release shows. Blessing failed to yield to the tractor-tra…

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GOT HIM! Man Wanted For PA New Year’s Eve Triple Homicide Captured By US Marshals GOT HIM! Man Wanted For PA New Year’s Eve Triple Homicide Captured By US Marshals
GOT HIM! Man Wanted For PA New Year’s Eve Triple Homicide Captured By US Marshals A man who was wanted for killing two mothers and a 12-year-old boy on New Year’s Eve in Pennsylvania has been taken into custody, authorities say. Ronald Steave, 29,  has been arrested on charges in connection with the killing Wanda “Nandi” Fitzgerald, Tatiana “Tay” Hill, both 28, and Denzel “Buddy” Nolan Jr., 13, inside of Fitzgerald’s home in the 7500 block of Hamilton Avenue in Pittsburgh on Dec. 31, 2021 around 4 a.m., Pittsburgh city police said at the time. Steave was apprehended in McKeesport on Thursday, Mar. 24 at 5:12 p.m. in a coordinated effort by the ATF, US Marshals Wes…

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