Bowling Green band Cage the Elephant sometimes spends months at a time away from home while on tour.

But lead vocalist Matt Shultz said they’ll be home for Thanksgiving this year.

Cage the Elephant will play at 7:30 p.m. on Monday at the Capitol Arts Center, 416 E. Main St.

Rick Malek works fast to feed a hungry crowd pouring out of the closing bars in downtown Bowling Green on Nov. 7. Malek, better known as Rapid Rick the Hot Dog Pimp, sets up his hot dog cart outside of The Brewing Co. most weekends starting at about 11:30 p.m. KOHL THRELKELD/HERALD

From left, Connie Foster, department head of Western’s library technical services, and Jennifer Wilson, marketing coordinator of Western’s libraries, enjoy hors d’oeurves during a twenties-style party at the Kentucky Building Friday evening. Attendees dressed in period clothing in homage to “The Great Gatsby,” which people read as part of the library’s Big Read program. MARY POWERS/HERALD

Two years after Bowling Green’s Tax Increment Financing district was planned, the city is still struggling to bring in new businesses.

TIF was introduced in 2007 to revive downtown by giving tax incentives to new businesses that open in the district, Mayor Elaine Walker said.

But she said the only new income brought into the area was the Bowling Green Ballpark, which was paid for by the city.

Bowling Green resident Semir Bahic exhales cherry coke flavored smoke from a hookah at the Saharan Lounge on Tuesday, Nov. 3. TANNER CURTIS/HERALD

When Bowling Green resident Steven Oliver became co-owner of The Gallery at 916, 916 State St., early this year, one of the first artists whose work he thought about showing in the gallery was 1975 Western alumnus Thomas Pfannerstill.

Oliver and Pfannerstill attended Bowling Green High School together and had been in the art club together. Oliver graduated two years before Pfannerstill in 1968.

“He looks at things different,” Oliver said. “He sees things in 3D and is very philosophical with his work.”

Warren County Central High School Reserve Officers’ Training Corps marches in the Bowling Green Veterans Day Parade on Saturday. ALBERT CESARE/ HERALD

When the Fountain Square players stepped on stage last night to perform “Down an Alley Filled with Cats,” it kicked off the 168th play they’ve performed in their 31-year history, said Bill Russell, a charter member of Fountain Square Players.
Russell will be starring in the play as a bookshop owner named Timothy Timmony, he said.
“The [...]

Georgetown senior Sarah Wilson did things a little differently compared to others preparing for the annual Medical Center 10K Classic on Saturday morning.
While other runners set stopwatches and adjusted their running gear, Wilson adjusted her tail.
Her whiskers, furry ears and long, striped tail stood out among the hundreds of competitors waiting for the start of [...]