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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
Teens Caught Street Racing, Doing Burnouts At Popular Mt. Sinai Beach Parking Lot: Police Teens Caught Street Racing, Doing Burnouts At Popular Mt. Sinai Beach Parking Lot: Police
Teens Caught Street Racing, Doing Burnouts At Popular Mt. Sinai Beach Parking Lot: Police Three drivers were busted for reckless driving during a wild car meet in Mt. Sinai, Suffolk County Police announced on Friday, April 4. The officers were responding to community complaints when they arrived at the Cedar Beach parking lot on Harbor Beach Road around 10:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, according to the release. Multiple drivers were doing "burnouts" and attempting to organize a street race when officers and Brookhaven Town Public Safety officers pulled up,police explained. Several drivers fled the scene in their vehicles. Three drivers were stopped and issued a total of 23 summ…

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Police & Fire
Chain-Reaction Crash Kills 71-Year-Old John Purdue, Hospitalizes Four: Nassau County Police Chain-Reaction Crash Kills 71-Year-Old John Purdue, Hospitalizes Four: Nassau County Police
Chain-Reaction Crash Kills 71-Year-Old John Purdue, Hospitalizes Four: Nassau County Police A 71-year-old man was killed in a violent chain-reaction crash in Plainview, Nassau County Police announced on Thursday, April 3. John Purdue, of Uniondale, was operating a 2018 Nissan Murano westbound when he struck the rear driver’s side of a 2012 Toyota minivan around 1:58 p.m., according to the department's Homicide Squad. He was identified on Friday, April 4.  Detectives said the minivan, operated by a 44-year-old man, was making a left onto Old Country Road from the South Oyster Bay Expressway when it was hit. The impact caused the Murano to cross into eastbound traffic, where i…

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News
Pregnant WI Teen Found In NE After PA Plate Tip, 40-Year-Old Father Of Unborn Child Arrested Pregnant WI Teen Found In NE After PA Plate Tip, 40-Year-Old Father Of Unborn Child Arrested
Pregnant WI Teen Found In NE After PA Plate Tip, 40-Year-Old Father Of Unborn Child Arrested A pregnant Wisconsin teen who vanished on her 17th birthday and was believed to be headed toward Pennsylvania with a 40-year-old man under a no-contact order was found safe in Nebraska, authorities announced. Sophia Franklin and Gary Day, 40 — the father of her unborn child — were located by Sarpy County Sheriff's deputies near Omaha, Nebraska, around 11:40 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, according to Beaver Dam police. Deputies responded to a tip about a possible sighting of Franklin, who had been the subject of an Amber Alert issued on Feb. 3 after she disappeared from her home in Bea…

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Lifestyle
Post Malone Surprises Fans At Pennsylvania Pizza Shop Post Malone Surprises Fans At Pennsylvania Pizza Shop
Post Malone Surprises Fans At Pennsylvania Pizza Shop A Grammy-nominated superstar shocked fans at a small pizza shop in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday evening, April 2. Austin Richard Post, better known as Post Malone, made a surprise stop at Lititz Pizza Company in Warwick Township, where he posed for photos with staff and patrons, the shop’s owner said. Here is another picture of Post Malone, with Emma. Posted by Lititz Pizza Company on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Post Malone, At Lititz pizza company, here with a member of our team. WHAT A NICE GUY !!! Posted by Lititz Pizza Company on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 …

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Obituaries
‘Doc’ Wayne Nau, Legendary PA Fire Chief Who Led The Hambones Rescue Team, Dies ‘Doc’ Wayne Nau, Legendary PA Fire Chief Who Led The Hambones Rescue Team, Dies
‘Doc’ Wayne Nau, Legendary PA Fire Chief Who Led The Hambones Rescue Team, Dies Wayne “Doc” Nau, the beloved former fire chief of the Columbia Borough Fire Department and a founding force behind its pioneering rescue work, has died, officials announced. Known affectionately across Lancaster County as “Doc,” Nau joined the Susquehanna Fire Co. #4—also called the Hambones—in 1957. He became a driver/operator for all fire apparatus, including the department’s water rescue boat, and led the department through a period of unprecedented growth and innovation. He was appointed fire chief in 1973, transforming the Hambones into one of the region’s first and most respected spec…

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News
Shotgun With Blade, Sword, Nun Chucks: Lancaster Man Who Terrorized Homeowner Sentenced Shotgun With Blade, Sword, Nun Chucks: Lancaster Man Who Terrorized Homeowner Sentenced
Shotgun With Blade, Sword, Nun Chucks: Lancaster Man Who Terrorized Homeowner Sentenced A Lancaster city man who stormed into a home armed with a sawed-off shotgun modified with a blade has been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison, authorities announced on Thursday, April 3. Raymond Joseph Shade Jr., 49, broke into a home in the first block of East Main Street in East Hempfield Township on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office said in a release. Shade entered through an enclosed porch and pointed the loaded shotgun at the resident, saying, “I have a gun.” Prosecutors say the weapon had been altered with a switchblade affixed to the barrel l…

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Police & Fire
Swim Escape Fails For Four Fleeing Suspects After Chase: PA State Police Swim Escape Fails For Four Fleeing Suspects After Chase: PA State Police
Swim Escape Fails For Four Fleeing Suspects After Chase: PA State Police A group of suspected thieves tried to escape police by crashing their car and swimming through a pond in Delaware County, state police announced on Thursday, April 3. Four people were arrested after a wild police pursuit that ended in Tinicum Township around 1:24 a.m. on Thursday, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Officers from several Delaware County police departments were chasing the group after they allegedly broke into vehicles across the county and stole a Dodge Durango in Prospect Park Borough, state police said. Prospect Park police spotted the stolen SUV and began a pursuit …

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News
‘Horrible Influence’ With TBI Sentenced After Fentanyl-Fueled PA Crime Spree: DA ‘Horrible Influence’ With TBI Sentenced After Fentanyl-Fueled PA Crime Spree: DA
‘Horrible Influence’ With TBI Sentenced After Fentanyl-Fueled PA Crime Spree: DA A Chester County man described by a judge as a “horrible influence on the community” has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a months-long crime spree that ended in a violent, fentanyl-fueled crash, authorities announced. James Michael Steffy, 41, of West Ridge Road in West Nottingham Township, was sentenced to 14 to 28 years in state prison on Tuesday, March 26, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. Judge Thomas Sponaugle also ordered Steffy to pay more than $52,000 in restitution to his victims. The public “needs to be protected from Mr. Steffy,” the judge sai…

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PA Nursing Student Jailed For Faking Attempted Rape, Kidnapping: DA PA Nursing Student Jailed For Faking Attempted Rape, Kidnapping: DA
PA Nursing Student Jailed For Faking Attempted Rape, Kidnapping: DA A 20-year-old nursing student has been sentenced to jail for fabricating an attempted rape and kidnapping that falsely accused an innocent man, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Anjela Borisova Urumova, of Bristol Township, admitted to seven misdemeanor charges, including false alarm to an agency of public safety, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, false reports, and unsworn falsifications to authorities, the DA's office said. Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr sentenced Urumova to 45 days to 23 months in Bucks County Correctional…

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Police & Fire
SUV Crashes Into Mud Bog Off Embankment In Warwick Township (PHOTOS) SUV Crashes Into Mud Bog Off Embankment In Warwick Township (PHOTOS)
SUV Crashes Into Mud Bog Off Embankment In Warwick Township (Photos) A small SUV went off the road and crashed into a mud bog in Warwick Township, police announced on Thursday, April 3. Northern Lancaster County Regional Police officers were dispatched to the single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Pine Hill Road and Buch Mill Road at 8:32 a.m., according to the department's release. The SUV traveled over an embankment and became stuck in the mud bog, prompting a rescue response. Firefighters from Brunnerville and Rothsville Fire Companies worked to extract the driver, police said. Weaver’s Towing was called to remove the SUV from the mud, according to …

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