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Digital content producer at @WDTN 📲 Mom, wife, @PointParkU Alumna. Got a tip? Email me: alexandra.pearson@wdtn.com

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A seasoned writer with experience in PR, print, and digital content production. Passionate about eco-friendly solutions to everyday problems, supporting small businesses, and exploring the psyche.

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National Garden Week: A bounty of benefits for the body and mind

National Garden Week: A bounty of benefits for the body and mind

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - National Garden Week has returned, celebrating a time to get out in the garden and embr…

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Waste Free Dayton empowers waste-free living through community collaboration

Waste Free Dayton empowers waste-free living through community collaboration

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Started in April of 2020 as just a Facebook group by Natalie Warrick to share what she …

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Mushrooms can clean soil? Guided By Mushrooms shares how

Mushrooms can clean soil? Guided By Mushrooms shares how

If you’ve taken a stroll through Second Street Market recently, you may have seen a vendor with colorful, sha…

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Locally sourced, eco-friendly goods at Reduce & Reuse Refillery

Locally sourced, eco-friendly goods at Reduce & Reuse Refillery

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Popular on the West Coast and larger metropolitan areas, refillery shops offer "fill up…

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Ohio votes to legalize cannabis, Issue 2 passes

Ohio votes to legalize cannabis, Issue 2 passes

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Ohio voters elected to legalize recreational cannabis. During Tuesday's general electio…

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Issue 1 passed. Now what?

Issue 1 passed. Now what?

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - In a close race watched across the nation, Ohio voters pass Issue 1 to enshrine reprodu…

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Woman pleads no contest to, sentenced in 2024 Beavercreek murder

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By Channing King Verified, Trey Brown, Emily Lewis Verified, Alex Pearson
| WDTN-TV (Dayton, OH) Verified
The Wisconsin woman charged in the 2024 death of a Greene County man changed her plea Friday morning. Janel Nelson pleaded no contest to murder in the death of Michael Corrigan of Beavercreek. She was sentenced to life in prison, with the possibility of parole after 18 years. Beavercreek Police were sent to the 1800 block of Maple Lane around 9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22. When they arrived, they found a person, later identified as Corrigan, with a fatal gunshot wound.
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Where to celebrate Cinco de Mayo around the Miami Valley

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By Alex Pearson
| Yahoo Verified
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Ready for a fiesta? Cinco de Mayo is coming up this Monday, May 5. The holiday commemorates the Mexican army’s May 5, 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. Stateside, the holiday was first celebrated in California in 1863, eventually crossing into mainstream American culture by the 1980s. Today in the U.S., Cinco de Mayo is recognized as a time to celebrate Mexican-American culture.
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Where to get paczki in Dayton on Fat Tuesday

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By Alex Pearson
| Yahoo Verified
Alex Pearson Thu, February 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM UTC 1 min read Where to get paczki in Dayton on Fat Tuesday DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Wondering where you can get delicious pączki in Dayton? Pączki are Polish-style, filled yeast doughnuts that historically made use of excess ingredients like butter, flour and sugar ahead of Lent. What are Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday? On Fat Tuesday, stop by one of these area bakeries and grab a pączki for yourself.
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Lifestyle and Entertainment MMJ

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Yes but just for fun

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It creates the impulse to publish faster, use more emotive language