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B.J. Upton Suggests Petition To Keep Rays In Tampa Bay
Fans want Rays to stay in Tampa area to continue its Major League Baseball success as the Rays lead Red Sox 1-0 in 2021 ALDS series.

I love Tampa Bay, especially St. Petersburg. I'm a Rays' fan, and it's hard for me not to yell and scream from the press box when covering a game while other reporters are composed. I've worked in TV, radio and print journalism for 16 years, and I have a Master of Arts in digital journalism and design from the University of South Florida. I'm a professor at USF St. Pete campus. Furthermore, I also served in the United States Coast Guard.
Fans want Rays to stay in Tampa area to continue its Major League Baseball success as the Rays lead Red Sox 1-0 in 2021 ALDS series.

Florida Highway Patrol investigated an early Friday morning fatal single-car crash that killed two Tampa men, and critically injured one.
Here is your five-minute guide to news around Lakeland.
Shane McClanahan and relief pitchers for the Rays along with home runs by Arozarena and Cruz made for Thursday night's win over Red Sox.
The Florida Highway Patrol investigated a fatal crash in Hillsborough County near Big Bend Road Wednesday night.
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue has begun a house explosion investigation in the Seffner area Thursday night.
Outfielder Brett Phillips will be cheering his teammates from the clubhouse during the semi-biggest games of the Major League postseason.
The upcoming Polk District College Fair gives families the opportunity to learn more about colleges their kids are interested in, and more.
Schools in Lakeland, Lake Wales and Davenport are accepting applications for part-time and substitute crossing guards.
Detectives in St. Petersburg want to identify the driver who hit and killed a pedestrian after they discovered their car Wednesday night.
A technology investment firm, Ark Investment, based in New York City, announced Wednesday that its headquarters is moving to Tampa Bay.
Registered voters of Fort Meade, Lakeland and Winter Haven can request vote-by-mail ballots online or by calling the elections staff.
The city plans to honor one or more veterans at the Eighth Annual Veterans Day Celebration scheduled November at Williams Park.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a local boy Friday night during a drug deal.
Polk sheriff's deputies found three teens hiding in a large plant in a back yard after a car burglary rampage; they face 304 total charges.
A Tampa Bay couple are the new owners of one of the world's largest in-home care franchises that has more than 600 locations.
A St. Pete performer shares how he turned seeking validation from others and rejection into self-belief and a spot on Fox's show "AlterEgo."
St. Petersburg police are investigating a late night deputy-involved shooting between a suspect and Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies.
The 33rd Annual Polk County Peace Officers' Memorial Service will add two officers who died in 2019 and 2020 to the wall Thursday.
Find out here first-pitch times and how to catch your Tampa Bay Rays in their first two games of the ALDS Series at Tropicana Field.