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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
Children 'Not Penetrated' During Hazing Among Reasons PA School District Didn't End Football Children 'Not Penetrated' During Hazing Among Reasons PA School District Didn't End Football
Children 'Not Penetrated' During Hazing Among Reasons PA School District Didn't End Football UPDATE: The Middletown Area School District reversed its decision and cancelled the high school's football season after at least one more video of hazing surfaced, Dr. Chelton Hunter, Superintendent of Schools for the Middletown Area School District stated in a second letter on Wednesday, August 24. You can read about this change in the decision here.  ORIGINAL: Disturbing details about sexual hazing have been released as a central Pennsylvania school district announces that they will not end the football season early.  The Middletown Area school district began investigating a h…

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News
Kidnapper For Hire Slams Into Police Car With Victim In Vehicle: Reports Kidnapper For Hire Slams Into Police Car With Victim In Vehicle: Reports
Kidnapper For Hire Slams Into Police Car With Victim In Vehicle: Reports "I kidnapped her, she had nothing to do with it," a kidnapper for hire told police after slamming into a cruiser— with a woman in tow— ending a police pursuit in western Pennsylvania, authorities say.  Police first attempted a traffic stop of Alando Derrick Brooks, 29, of McKeesport, for  driving 59 mph in a 35 mph zone on East Pittsburgh-McKeesport Boulevard around 7 p.m. on Monday, August 22, multiple media outlets report citing an affidavit filed by police.  Brooks "swerved in and out of traffic and drove down several streets until his car collided with the police cruiser,…

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Obituaries
Las Vegas Man Driving Penske Box Truck Ejected On Pennsylvania Turnpike Las Vegas Man Driving Penske Box Truck Ejected On Pennsylvania Turnpike
Las Vegas Man Driving Penske Box Truck Ejected On Pennsylvania Turnpike A Las Vegas Man Driving a Penske box truck has died along the Pennsylvania turnpike, authorities say. Geoffrey Gallo, 65, of Nevada, was driving too fast while heading east on Interstate 76 by the Gettysburg Interchange ramp in Upper Allen Township when lost control around 4:09 p.m. on Friday, August 19, according to Pennsylvania state police.  The truck overturned and Gallo — who was not wearing a seat belt — was partially ejected, according to state police. Gallo dead at the scene, by the Cumberland County coroner's office. No other people or vehicles were involved in the crash. Th…

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Obituaries
Maryland Man Kills Mom, Child In Mass Stabbing In Pennsylvania: Authorities Maryland Man Kills Mom, Child In Mass Stabbing In Pennsylvania: Authorities
Maryland Man Kills Mom, Child In Mass Stabbing In Pennsylvania: Authorities A mass stabbing at a home in York has left a 34-year-old woman and a 5-year-old child dead on Monday, August 22, authorities say. Pennsylvania state police were called to the stabbing in Firebox Court, Hopewell Township,  at 7:19 p.m. according to a release the following morning. Local police and state troopers arrived to find multiple people had been stabbed and dispatchers initially said this was a "mass casualty" incident. In total, four people were hurt—Jacqueline Fousek, 63, and Joseph Fousek, 28, both of Stewartstown were seriously hurt, so they were treated at the scene and rus…

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News
'There's A Shark On My Arm' Pennsylvania Woman Attacked By Shark: Reports 'There's A Shark On My Arm' Pennsylvania Woman Attacked By Shark: Reports
'There's A Shark On My Arm' Pennsylvania Woman Attacked By Shark: Reports A Pennsylvania woman visiting South Carolina was attacked by a shark on Monday, August 15, according to multimedia outlets. Karren Sites of Pittsburgh was wading in waist-height water in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with her 8-year-old grandson Brian when “I felt something bite me. I looked down and there was a shark on my arm,” Karen Sites told multiple media outlets via CNN Newsource.  “I couldn’t even see the shark coming up; it jumped up,” Brian Sites said. “I saw the movement of its tail and then it went back into the water.” Karren Sites was badly bitten on her right a…

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Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Rollover Closes Major Roadway In York County (DEVELOPING) Tractor-Trailer Rollover Closes Major Roadway In York County (DEVELOPING)
Tractor-Trailer Rollover Closes Major Roadway In York County (Developing) A tractor-trailer rollover Monday has closed a major roadway in York County on Monday, August 22, police say.  The rollover happened in the 5400 block of Mt. Pisgah Road in Lower Windsor Township at 1:20 p.m., area police say. The police are asking the public to avoid the area until the crash is cleared. Southbound drivers are advised to use Ducktown Road and northbound drivers should use East Prospect Road, as police request in the release.  Police and fire crews remained on the scene as of 3 p.m.  Follow Daily Voice for updates 

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Shooter At-Large After 30-Year-Old Hospitalized In York: Police Shooter At-Large After 30-Year-Old Hospitalized In York: Police
Shooter At-Large After 30-Year-Old Hospitalized In York: Police The police are asking the public for help locating a shooter after a man was hospitalized in York on Monday, August 22nd, 2022. The York City police were called to a shooting in the 400 block of Roosevelt Avenue at 10:10 a.m., according to a release by the department.  Upon arrival, officers found a 30-year-old man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. He was taken to York Hospital for treatment and is expected to survive, according to the police.  Detectives continue to investigate this shooting. There is no word of any suspect.  Anyone with information is asked to co…

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Police & Fire
'Fire Incident' Shuts Down Three Major Roadways In Central PA (DEVELOPING) 'Fire Incident' Shuts Down Three Major Roadways In Central PA (DEVELOPING)
'Fire Incident' Shuts Down Three Major Roadways In Central PA (Developing) Three major roadways in central Pennsylvania have been closed due to a '"fire incident," authorities say.  The undisclosed "fire incident," was first announced by Waynesboro police around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, August 22, 2022.  The police asked the public to avoid "West Main Street in the area of Prices Church Road," but a few minutes later the Waynesboro Volunteer Fire Department announced Buchanan Trail East has also been shut down in the area of Prices Church Road. The closures are expected to last "for an extended amount of time." The fire is supposedly in a large comme…

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Obituaries
Marine With NJ Ties ID'd As Motorcyclist Killed In PA Crash Marine With NJ Ties ID'd As Motorcyclist Killed In PA Crash
Marine With NJ Ties ID'd As Motorcyclist Killed In PA Crash The motorcycle rider who died at the scene of a crash in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, August 20, has been identified as a former marine with ties to New Jersey.  Ricardo Reyes, 35, of Mount Joy, was killed in the two-vehicle crash at 8:15 p.m., according to a release by the Lancaster County Forensic Center.  The Manor Township police were called to a crash involving a motorcycle at the intersection of Seitz and Manor Church roads at 7:22 p.m., according to a release by the department. The police officers "render aid to the motorcycle rider until Blue Rock FD and EMS arrived," as stat…

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Marine ID'd As Motorcyclist Killed In Central Pennsylvania Crash: Coroner Marine ID'd As Motorcyclist Killed In Central Pennsylvania Crash: Coroner
Marine ID'd As Motorcyclist Killed In Central Pennsylvania Crash: Coroner The motorcycle rider who died at the scene of a crash in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, August 20, has been identified by the Lancaster County Coroner's office. Ricardo Reyes, 35, of Mount Joy, was killed in the two-vehicle crash at 8:15 p.m., according to a release by the Lancaster County Forensic Center.  The Manor Township police were called to a crash involving a motorcycle at the intersection of Seitz and Manor Church roads at 7:22 p.m., according to a release by the department. The police officers "render aid to the motorcycle rider until Blue Rock FD and EMS arrived," as stated …

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