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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

Fires Break Out Across Philly As Trash Piles Up Amid Sanitation Strike; Arson Not Ruled Out: PD Fires erupted at multiple trash collection sites in Philadelphia overnight as garbage continues to pile up amid an ongoing work stoppage, city officials announced Friday, July 4. The Philadelphia Fire Department responded swiftly, extinguishing the fires before they caused significant damage. No injuries were reported, authorities said. “We want to be clear: this is a serious matter,” said Police Commissioner Kevin J. Bethel and Fire Commissioner Jeffrey Thompson in a joint statement. “If it is determined that any of these fires were intentionally set, such acts will be treated as serious c…

by Jillian Pikora

07/04/2025

Police & Fire

Drunk Driver Crashes Into Philly Picket Line, Crushes City Workers: Police A drunk driver smashed into two Philadelphia city workers during a union strike, crushing them as they sat on the sidewalk, police announced on Thursday, July 4. Damon Robinson, 41, was behind the wheel of a black 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe when he allegedly veered off the road and drove straight into a picket line at 3901 N. Delaware Avenue around 11:04 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. The victims — city employees participating in the strike — were sitting in front of the line when they were hit, police said. One of the workers remains in critical cond…

by Jillian Pikora

07/04/2025

News

$5.6M Award After PA Midwife Posts Botched Birth Photo Of Baby’s ‘Jellybean Head’ On Instagram $5.6 million. That’s what a Philadelphia jury awarded to the parents of a beautiful baby girl left with catastrophic brain damage after a botched birth — and whose photo was posted on Instagram by the midwife who delivered her, labeled with the caption: “Jellybean head.” The baby, Camille Hoffman, is now 6 years old. She is nearly blind, can’t walk without help, and relies on a feeding tube to survive. Camille was born in July 2018 at Albert Einstein Medical Center, where midwife Anne Pitts Londergan allegedly missed two dangerous fetal positioning abnormalities — brow and occiput posterior…

by Jillian Pikora

07/04/2025

Police & Fire

Elderly Man Struck, Critically Injured By Porsche SUV In Oceanside: Police An 80-year-old man was left clinging to life after being mowed down by a Porsche SUV in Nassau County, authorities said. The crash happened just before 10 p.m. on Thursday, July 3 on Lower Lincoln Avenue in Oceanside, according to Nassau County police. Detectives say the man was walking westbound when the luxury vehicle — a 2019 Porsche SUV driven by a 29-year-old woman — slammed into him while heading south. He was rushed to a nearby hospital with critical injuries. The driver remained at the scene. No other injuries were reported. The Homicide Squad is handling the case, and the invest…

by Jillian Pikora

07/04/2025

Police & Fire

LI Priest Accused Of Groping Woman Inside Church Kitchen; Police Seek More Victims A Long Island priest has been accused of sexually abusing a woman inside a church kitchen, Nassau County police said. John Adjei-Boamah, 43, was arrested for forcible touching and sexual abuse, according to detectives with the Special Victims Squad. It happened at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Franklin Square around 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, authorities said in a Friday, July 4 press release. The woman was working in the church rectory kitchen on New Hyde Park Road when Adjei-Boamah, a priest living at the rectory, came up behind her and touched her inappropriately, police say. The…

by Jillian Pikora

07/04/2025

Police & Fire

Infiniti Going 110 MPH On LIE Impounded After Police Chase Ends In Brentwood A reckless speeder who evaded police on the Long Island Expressway last week had their vehicle impounded in Brentwood, Suffolk County police announced on Friday, July 4. The unidentified driver of a 2010 Infiniti G37 allegedly hit speeds over 110 mph while weaving through traffic near Exit 55 on the westbound LIE in Hauppauge around 10 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, according to the department's Street Takeover Task Force. When officers attempted to stop the car, the driver fled off Exit 53 southbound. The chase ended days later on Blue Jay Drive in Brentwood, where officers spotted the vehicl…

by Jillian Pikora

07/04/2025

Police & Fire

LI Man Drove Drunk With 2- And 3-Year-Old Childrens In SUV, Police Say A Long Island man was arrested after police say he drove drunk with his young child and grandchild in the car. Suffolk County Police responded to a home on Crotty Avenue in Lake Grove around 5:53 p.m. Thursday, July 3, for a report of a possible intoxicated driver. Officers found 47-year-old Michael Morris behind the wheel of a 2007 Honda CR-V. Morris appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, investigators said. Inside the SUV were his 2-year-old child and 3-year-old grandchild. He was taken into custody and faces multiple charges, including: Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated und…

by Jillian Pikora

07/04/2025

Traffic

Tractor-Trailer Hits Overpass On I-81, Spilling Target Merch: PennDOT A tractor-trailer carrying merchandise for Target struck an overpass along Interstate 81 in Cumberland County on Friday morning, July 4, sending boxes spilling across the roadway and closing a stretch of the highway, officials said. The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. when the big rig hit the Stoughstown Road bridge over I-81 northbound, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler said in an update. The impact breached the right side of the trailer, scattering some of its load onto the interstate. The highway was closed between Exit 29 (Shippensburg) and Exit 37 (Newville). Although traffic was …

by Jillian Pikora

07/04/2025

Lifestyle

27-Year-Old Stafford Mom Battles Cancer, Says: ‘I’m Fighting For My Son’ A young Virginia mom is fighting for her life after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of endometrial cancer, and her family is asking for help as she undergoes treatment and surgery, according to a fundraiser launched in her name. Cida Rivera, a 27-year-old mother from Stafford, has been diagnosed with aggressive endometrial carcinoma and is currently out of work as she undergoes medical treatment. Rivera is now in recovery from surgery, according to a family friend who told Daily Voice: “She had the surgery and is in the recovery period right now so I know she could use a little more …

by Jillian Pikora

07/04/2025

Weather

Tornado Touched Down In Pennsylvania: NWS Survey Confirms A weak tornado briefly touched down in Berks County, damaging trees along a nearly mile-long path, the National Weather Service confirmed in a statement issued Wednesday, July 2. The EF-0 twister struck Weavertown in Amity Township around 4:47 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, according to the NWS Mount Holly office. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph. "Several trees had large limbs broken or snapped off, some of which were twisted," the agency wrote. One tree was completely uprooted, and tree damage continued along Weavertown Lane, crossing Old Swede Road. The tornado’s path ended at Boyertown Pik…

by Jillian Pikora

07/03/2025

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