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🌱 How Gahanna police and neighbors helped bring a missing teen home
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In today's newsletter:
- How Gahanna police and neighbors helped bring a missing teen home
Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high of 31 and low of 27 degrees.
- Friday: A little snow, up to 1", temps: high: 33, low: 26.
- Saturday: Snow and flurries in the p.m., with a high of 30 and low of 6 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
📰 News we're reading
• Gahanna Police Successfully Locate Missing Teen Jadyn Thigpen, Community Breathes Sigh of Relief (hoodline.com) — Gahanna residents can breathe easier after police confirmed missing teen Jadyn Thigpen has been safely located following a two-day search. Authorities shared brief updates on the Gahanna Division of Police Facebook page, thanking the community for its help but withholding details, which is common in sensitive cases involving minors and potential ongoing investigations. 
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📸 Around Gahanna
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gahanna
- City Council Regular Meeting
Gahanna, OH Calendar , 200 S Hamilton Rd , Gahanna
7:00 pm - MSE Boys BB vs GMS West
Middle School East , 730 Clotts Rd , Gahanna
5:30 pm - MSE Girls BB @ GMS West
Middle School East , 350 N Stygler Rd , Gahanna
5:30 pm - Wrestling Dual vs Pick Lakeview
Middle School East , 730 Clotts Rd , Gahanna
5:30 pm - Wrestling Dual @ Reynoldsburg Waggoner
Middle School West , 360 S Waggoner Rd , Reynoldsburg
5:30 pm - MSE Boys BB @ Newark Wilson
Middle School East , 805 W Church St , Newark
5:30 pm
Monday December 15
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Station Choir Winter Concert
Station Sixth Grade School , 5600 Scioto Darby Road , Hilliard
6:00 pm - Winter Concert
Beechcroft HS Columbus, OH 43229
6:00 pm - Darby Band Holiday Concert
Scioto Darby Elementary , 4200 Leppert Road , Hilliard
6:00 pm - Varsity Boy's Wrestling Hilliard Darby High School vs Hilliard Davidson High School
Darby Creek Elementary , 4200 Leppert Road , Hilliard
7:00 pm - Architectural Review Board and Municipal Planning Commission
Worthington, OH Calendar , Worthington Municipal Building 6550 N. High Street , Worthington
7:00 pm - WEEDEATER with THE GODDAMN GALLOWS and BRONCO
Skully's Music-Diner , 1151 N High St , Columbus
8:00 pm
Thursday December 11
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Jadyn Thigpen was reported missing after she left her home without permission on December 8, 2025.
If you have any information regarding Jadyn Thigpen’s whereabouts, please contact the Gahanna Division of Police at 614-342-4240. UPDATE 12.10.2025… (Nextdoor )
🗞 Nearby News
New Albany
- List: Winter farmers markets offer local produce and goods in central Ohio (nbc4i.com)
- Is Columbus tuition-free promise broken? (nbc4i.com)
- Fresh, December 10, 2025: Google, Meta, ExxonMobil Announce Energy Company Partnerships to Fuel Data Center Growth (circleofblue.org)
Reynoldsburg
- Bexley City Council approves $24.1 million budget with slight tweaks (dispatch.com)
- One of Central Ohio's oldest ice cream shops is opening another location (614now.com)
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