Jillian Pikora

Deputy Managing Editor

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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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Lower Paxton, PA
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Gunfire Erupts During Altercation In Lower Paxton McDonald’s Parking Lot, Police Say Gunfire Erupts During Altercation In Lower Paxton McDonald’s Parking Lot, Police Say Gunfire Erupts During Altercation In Lower Paxton McDonald’s Parking Lot, Police Say
Gunfire Erupts During Altercation In Lower Paxton McDonald’s Parking Lot, Police Say A man accused of firing into a juvenile’s vehicle during an altercation in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s parking lot was arrested in Maryland, authorities announced on Thursday, Oct. 1. The shooting happened at the McDonald’s at 1043 Briarsdale Road in Lower Paxton Township around 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, according to the Lower Paxton Bureau of Police. The juvenile told investigators that an altercation began with a male acquaintance in the parking lot. The acquaintance, identified as Mechanicsburg resident Azhan Nadeem, pulled out a gun and fired once into the juvenile’s vehicle, narrow…

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Chambersburg, PA
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Police Search Chambersburg Middle School As Students Shelter In Place Police Search Chambersburg Middle School As Students Shelter In Place Police Search Chambersburg Middle School As Students Shelter In Place
Police Search Chambersburg Middle School As Students Shelter In Place A Pennsylvania middle school was placed under a shelter-in-place protocol while law enforcement searched the building on Thursday morning, Oct. 1, according to an email sent to families. Chambersburg Area Middle School North students were accounted for in their homerooms as Pennsylvania State Police, local law enforcement, and Chambersburg Area School District police searched the school, district officials said. There was no active threat, the district stressed. The reason for the investigation was not immediately made public. Officials said they were following established procedures to c…

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Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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PA Teacher Killed By Audi While Trying To Catch Bus: Police PA Teacher Killed By Audi While Trying To Catch Bus: Police PA Teacher Killed By Audi While Trying To Catch Bus: Police
PA Teacher Killed By Audi While Trying To Catch Bus: Police A 26-year-old teacher was killed when an Audi struck her as she crossed a city street while trying to catch a bus early Wednesday, Sept. 30, authorities announced the following day. Zoe Schemm, of the 1200 block of North Fifth Street, was crossing Lombard Street northbound at 19th Street around 6:42 a.m. when she was struck by a white 2023 Audi A4 traveling west, according to Philadelphia police. Schemm became trapped beneath the vehicle and suffered severe injuries. Philadelphia Fire Department medics pronounced her dead at the scene, police said. Schemm was teaching in Philadelphia at th…

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Bethlehem, PA
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20-Year-Old Firefighter Killed In 3-Vehicle Motorcycle Crash ID'd: PSP Bethlehem 20-Year-Old Firefighter Killed In 3-Vehicle Motorcycle Crash ID'd: PSP Bethlehem 20-Year-Old Firefighter Killed In 3-Vehicle Motorcycle Crash ID'd: PSP Bethlehem
20-Year-Old Firefighter Killed In 3-Vehicle Motorcycle Crash ID'd: PSP Bethlehem A 20-year-old Pennsylvania firefighter killed in a three-vehicle motorcycle crash has been identified, authorities announced on Thursday, Oct. 1. Jayden J. Sanchez, of Whitehall Township, served with the Whitehall Township Bureau of Fire, online records show. Sanchez was riding a 2006 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6 south on Weaversville Road when the crash happened at Atlas Road in Allen Township, Northampton County, at approximately 7:26 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, according to Pennsylvania State Police. A 2015 Acura TLX driven by a 16-year-old boy and a 2026 Honda CR-V driven by a 55-year-old Whiteha…

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Reading, PA
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Man Came To Reading Park To Meet Girl, 15, For Sex: Police Man Came To Reading Park To Meet Girl, 15, For Sex: Police Man Came To Reading Park To Meet Girl, 15, For Sex: Police
Man Came To Reading Park To Meet Girl, 15, For Sex: Police A 38-year-old Ohio man was arrested after traveling to a Pennsylvania park to meet someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sexual contact, authorities announced on Monday, Sept. 28. Luis Rivera, of Cincinnati, arranged to meet the girl at Pendora Park in Reading, but he had actually been communicating with an undercover police officer posing as the teen, according to the Reading Police Department. Rivera arrived at the park around 8:05 a.m. Monday and messaged the undercover officer to say he was there, police said. Members of the department’s Patrol Division and Criminal Investigat…

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Quakertown, PA
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21-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Bucks County Crash ID'd 21-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Bucks County Crash ID'd 21-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Bucks County Crash ID'd
21-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Bucks County Crash ID'd A 21-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a late-night crash on Route 309 in Pennsylvania, officials announced on Monday, Sept. 28. Caleb J. Sine, of Richlandtown Borough, was operating a motorcycle that collided with another vehicle in the 7600 block of Route 309 in Springfield Township, Bucks County, at approximately 11 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. Sine, who was wearing a helmet, was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead at 11:50 p.m., Buglio said. An autopsy determined that Sine died from multiple blunt…

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Allentown, PA
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Man Dies 3 Days After House Fire: Lehigh County Coroner Man Dies 3 Days After House Fire: Lehigh County Coroner Man Dies 3 Days After House Fire: Lehigh County Coroner
Man Dies 3 Days After House Fire: Lehigh County Coroner A 68-year-old Pennsylvania man died three days after he was critically injured in a house fire, authorities announced on Monday, Sept. 28. Ronald T. Avery, of Bloomsburg, was caught in the fire in the 200 block of Ridge Street in Scott Township, Columbia County, around 5:40 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 21, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said. Avery was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead at 1:40 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24. An autopsy completed Saturday determined that Avery died from smoke inhalation with complications. His death was ruled accidental.…

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Carlisle, PA
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PA Husband Admits Strangling Wife's Fiancée, Hiding Body For 7 Years: Court Docs PA Husband Admits Strangling Wife's Fiancée, Hiding Body For 7 Years: Court Docs PA Husband Admits Strangling Wife's Fiancée, Hiding Body For 7 Years: Court Docs
PA Husband Admits Strangling Wife's Fiancée, Hiding Body For 7 Years: Court Docs A Pennsylvania man admitted strangling his wife’s fiancée in his van and burying her body along a creek nearly seven years ago, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Monday, Sept. 28. David Allen Snyder, 39, of Hanover, is charged with first-degree murder and strangulation in the death of 38-year-old Kimberley Gsell, court records show. Gsell was last seen around 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 29, 2019, at the Rodeway Inn at 1239 Harrisburg Pike in Middlesex Township, according to the affidavit. At the time of her disappearance, Gsell was engaged to Amanda Snyder, who remained marrie…

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Harrisburg, PA
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28-Year-Old Harrisburg Man Killed In Fiery Head-On Crash On Route 39 ID'd: State Police 28-Year-Old Harrisburg Man Killed In Fiery Head-On Crash On Route 39 ID'd: State Police 28-Year-Old Harrisburg Man Killed In Fiery Head-On Crash On Route 39 ID'd: State Police
28-Year-Old Harrisburg Man Killed In Fiery Head-On Crash On Route 39 ID'd: State Police A 28-year-old Pennsylvania man killed in a fiery head-on crash on Route 39 has been identified, state police announced on Monday, Sept. 28. Justin Patterson of Harrisburg was driving a Lexus sedan south in the 500 block of South Hershey Road, also known as Route 39, around 4:52 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The Lexus crossed the double-yellow line and struck a northbound Jeep Cherokee near Devonshire Heights Road in West Hanover Township, investigators said. Vehicles caught fire following the collision, and Patterson had to be extricated by emergency crews.…

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York, PA
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Knife Attack At York-Area Tobacco Shop Leaves Man Seriously Hurt, Police Say Knife Attack At York-Area Tobacco Shop Leaves Man Seriously Hurt, Police Say Knife Attack At York-Area Tobacco Shop Leaves Man Seriously Hurt, Police Say
Knife Attack At York-Area Tobacco Shop Leaves Man Seriously Hurt, Police Say A confrontation between two men at a tobacco shop ended with one of them stabbed in the torso on Saturday morning, Sept. 26, authorities announced on Monday, Sept. 28. Officers were called to Tobacco King at 3609 East Market Street in Springettsbury Township, York County, around 10:17 a.m., according to police. The preliminary investigation found that the two men, who knew each other, became involved in a verbal altercation inside the store. Chris Miller of York then pulled out a knife and stabbed the other man in the torso, police said. The victim suffered serious injuries and was taken …

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