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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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Lifestyle
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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Lifestyle
Winning $1 Million PA Lottery Ticket Sold In Central PA Winning $1 Million PA Lottery Ticket Sold In Central PA
Winning $1 Million PA Lottery Ticket Sold In Central PA You might be a winner! A winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million was sold in York County on Wednesday, Mar. 23, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. The winning ticket was sold at Turkey Hill, 5 Fuhrman Mill Road, Hanover. The store earns a $5,000 bonus for selling the big winning ticket. The ticket correctly matched all five white balls with the winning numbers, 31-32-37-38-48, to win the $1 million jackpot prize, less applicable withholding. Winners can be identified only after prizes are claimed and tickets validated. Prizes expire one year from the drawing date. Anyone holding a…

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Men Killed In Central PA House Fire Were Shot First Coroner Says Men Killed In Central PA House Fire Were Shot First Coroner Says
Men Killed In Central PA House Fire Were Shot First Coroner Says Two men have been identified as the victims of a deadly shooting and arson at a home in central Pennsylvania, according to the Cumberland County coroner's office. The men have been identified as Frankie Dean Thomas, 37, of Fayetteville, and Eddie Lee Shaw, 54, of Chambersburg, according to the coroner's office. Both men were shot before the home was light on fire, officials say. This announcement comes over a month after the fire but it is just a day after the suspects were identified and captured by the US Marshal service. Cordaryl Burns was found and arrested in Detroit, Michigan a…

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UPDATE: RT 11 Reopens After Car, Tractor-Trailer Crashed Into PA Home UPDATE: RT 11 Reopens After Car, Tractor-Trailer Crashed Into PA Home
Update: RT 11 Reopens After Car, Tractor-Trailer Crashed Into PA Home UPDATE: Route 11 between Shippensburg and Newville reopened around 3:20 p.m. on Thursday, according to Pennsylvania state trooper Megan Ammerman. ORIGINAL: A tractor-trailer crashed into a central Pennsylvania home on Thursday around noon, according to Pennsylvania state police. The crash happened on Ritner Highway/Route11 near Stoughstown Road on Mar. 24, according to a release by trooper Megan Ammerman. The crash also involved a car with entrapment, according to emergency dispatchers. A helicopter was called to the scene but was unable to assist due to the weather, according to dispatc…

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Student Killed In PA Park Across From His High School ID'd By Coroner Student Killed In PA Park Across From His High School ID'd By Coroner
Student Killed In PA Park Across From His High School ID'd By Coroner A high school senior has been identified as the teenager police found shot dead in a Pennsylvania park on Wednesday, authorities say. Malaki Beady, 17, of York, was found shot dead in the 200 block of West Maple Street in York's Penn Park on Mar. 23, around 11 a.m., the York County coroner's office confirmed in a release on Thursday. Following the news of this student's passing York City School District's Superintendent Andrea Berry called families and left the following message: "This has been a tragic day for all of us, and I ask that you join me in keeping the student's family, friends a…

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Undercover Detective Nabs 14 'Johns' In PA Prostitution Ring Undercover Detective Nabs 14 'Johns' In PA Prostitution Ring
Undercover Detective Nabs 14 'Johns' In PA Prostitution Ring An online ad and a local hotel helped lay a thirst trap for police to capture 14 so-called "Johns" who participated in a sex trafficking ring in Pennsylvania. The Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force, launched on January 11, but in less than 2 months it has successfully completed it's operation, Lancaster County media specialist Sean McBryan says in a statement released on Thursday, Mar. 24. After the task placed the ad online, the undercover female detective answered over 100 "Johns" who replied to the online ad— all in about eight hours on Mar. 10, McBryan says. Some of the res…

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Police & Fire
Man Exposed Himself At PA Home Store: Police Man Exposed Himself At PA Home Store: Police
Man Exposed Himself At PA Home Store: Police Just because a store is called At Home does not mean you should make yourself at home. One man evidently tested the limits of the standard "no shoes, no shirt, no service" policy by exposing himself at the store located at 855 Town Center Drive in York County on Wednesday, Mar. 23, according to West Manchester Township police. The man exposed himself to a woman in the store around 11:45 a.m., police say. Further details about the incident have not been released. If you have any information regarding the identity of this suspect, please contact Officer Michael Jordan at (717) 792-9514…

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'Magician' Had Accomplice Distract Roulette Dealer To Steal $10K From PA Casino: Police 'Magician' Had Accomplice Distract Roulette Dealer To Steal $10K From PA Casino: Police
'Magician' Had Accomplice Distract Roulette Dealer To Steal $10K From PA Casino: Police "Artist. Magician. Creator. Illusionist."  That's how Shaun Benward describes himself on social media pages. Police have a descriptive for Benward of their own: Thief. Benward — who was placed on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's exclusion list in 2015 — has been accused of using the art of distraction with help from accomplice Denile Derohan to defraud a casino in Pennsylvania, according to multiple media outlets citing an affidavit filed by the state police. Benward, 35, had Derohan, 42, distract the dealers while playing roulette at Pittsburgh's River Casino, …

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