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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Those who know Bob Davis are being asked to mark their calendars for what is described as a  "very, very informal" celebration of the industry icon, who marks 50 years in the hospitality business this month.

The celebration in honor of Davis, head of the Hotel and Lodging Association of Volusia County, takes place 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Reflections Restaurant in the Daytona Beach Resort, 2700 N. Atlantic Ave.

Construction scaffolding fell to the street from a downtown Miami high-rise Wednesday afternoon, causing one death and five injuries, authorities said (Oct. 20).

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR fans here in Daytona and across the country will see and hear Dale Earnhardt Jr at Talladega and Martinsville, but it will be in the announcing booth as opposed to his No. 88 Chevrolet,as he remains sidelined from for the duration of the season recovering from an early-season concussion in a crash.

Coming off a big loss to the Arizona Cardinals, Todd Bowles announced that Geno Smith will be the New York Jets' starting quarterback Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens, sending Ryan Fitzpatrick to the sideline (Oct. 19, 2016).

Professional clown says the creepy clowns that have been popping up all over the country don't represent "real" clowns (Oct. 19).
 

Prosecutors are introducing jurors to one of the nation's most influential missing-child cases in New York history as a suspect goes on trial for a second time in the dissapearance of Etan Patz (Oct. 19).

Mayor Bill de Blasio castigated a NYPD police sergeant for killing a mentally ill, 66-year-old woman in her home, saying her death was "tragic" and "unacceptable" (Oct. 19).

Highlights of this day in history: 'Saturday Night Massacre' takes place during Watergate scandal; Gen. Douglas MacArthur returns to Philippines; Jacqueline Kennedy weds Aristotle Onassis; Three Lynyrd Skynyrd members die in plane crash (Oct. 20).
 

An endangered black rhino has given birth to an 80-pound female at Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo. The zoo called the birth "an extremely significant event" in the effort to reverse a long decline in the number of black rhinos (Oct. 19).