SUMMIT COUNTY - Well, another year is in the books! From daring search and rescues, to the contentious November election, to local level politics, to coverage of all the news in Summit County education, the following are summaries of the major stories 2006 gave us.

SUMMIT COUNTY - Well, another year is in the books! From daring search and rescues, to the contentious November election, to local level politics, to coverage of all the news in Summit County education, the following are summaries of the major stories 2006 gave us.

The U.S. military in Iraq reached a grim milestone at year's end as the Pentagon announced that at least 3,000 soldiers have died, according to figures collected by news agencies and independent groups monitoring casualties in the war.

With Washington’s attention fixed on President Bush’s search for a new acceptable Iraq strategy in the face of a media feeding frenzy and continuing violence in Baghdad, a crisis has developed in the Afghanistan theater of the war on terrorism.

MASKED gunmen burst into a wedding in southern Mexico late yesterday and shot dead seven guests in an apparent settling of scores as a year riddled by gangland-style murders drew to an end.

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10:15 a.m., Jan. 1 - Find information about all recent crimes and incidents logged on the Guam Police Department police blotter. If you have any information about crimes, call the Guam Police Department at 472-8911.

U.S. troops began the New Year with news their 3,000th comrade had died since a 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in weeks but pitched them into a war that has riven Iraq and raised increasing alarm at home.

All Things Considered , December 31, 2006 · As the toll from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan mounts, cities and towns around the country are growing more accustomed to burying their sons and daughters.

All Things Considered , December 31, 2006 · As the toll from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan mounts, cities and towns around the country are growing more accustomed to burying their sons and daughters.