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CINCINNATI (AP) — Jurors on Friday told a judge they can't reach a decision after three days of deliberations in the murder trial of a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man during a traffic stop. The judge told them to keep deliberating.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Step by Step Academy, a long-time provider of therapy and educational services for central Ohio children with autism, has been struggling financially and is turning over operations to a larger nonprofit agency. Franklin County Residential Services has signed a 120-day management contract with Step by Step, which likely will lead to a merger, JoAnn Reilly, a spokeswoman for Franklin County Residential Services, said today.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Darwin Ralph Gumm walked into the career center thinking he was going to tell 700 or so students about being a Marine, how to live a life of service and, in his words, to stay off "the soda pop and the dope." But not long after a decorated Marine sergeant escorted Gumm onto the auditorium stage at the Eastland Career Center in Groveport, he realized something else was afoot.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Perhaps the most trusted man in Columbus City Hall will no longer roam the building after next year. Long-time city auditor Hugh Dorrian will not seek re-election in 2017. Dorrian, 81, has worked for the city for 51 years, including 12 terms as city auditor. He was first appointed in September 1969 and has held the job ever since.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Columbus police are investigating after a woman's body was found outside near her Northeast Side residence early Friday. Police have identified the woman as 53-year-old Teresa Lynne Griffin.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

One man is dead and another injured, after a shooting late this afternoon at a townhouse complex on Columbus' North Side. The shooting occurred about 4:30 p.m. at the Hyde Park Townhouses and Apartments complex on Knighthood Lane. According to police, the men were shot there, then drove for help across the street, to Ollie's Bargain Outlet Store at Emporium Square, just north of Rt. 161 and east of Cleveland Avenue in the Northland area.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

For Jason and Melinda Murray, two memories easily stand out from the first World Cup qualifying match played in Columbus between the United States and Mexico. The biting cold and the final score. The siblings, just 13 and 11 in 2001, spent much of the game huddled under a blanket, desperately trying to ward off the February wind whipping around what was then called Crew Stadium.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};

Two men charged in the shooting death of John A. Pope II during a party at an East Side apartment were prepared to claim self-defense if the case had gone to trial.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Savon O. Dearmond was 17 years old when he participated in an armed robbery two years ago at a South Side store in which two of his accomplices were killed by police.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

DELAWARE —The opening of the Sawmill Parkway extension Thursday creates another major roadway into high-growth southern Delaware County and beyond.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};