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Local residents gather Friday evening in front of the Wood County District Public Library for the annual holiday tree lighting ceremony. The holiday season is in full swing, with the parade following on Saturday downtown. (Photo by Alex Stutzman | Sentinel-Tribune)

Dan Long, owner of Long’s Cleaners in Bowling Green, is a natural storyteller. Give him 30 minutes and he’ll tell you a dozen stories, all riddled with locations, names, dates and numbers.

Ellen Fure Smith may be best known for her role in creating the parklet seating in downtown Bowling Green.

The holidays will kick off in Bowling Green on Friday with the annual tree lighting, followed by the parade on Saturday.

Bowling Green City Schools voters have rejected a combined income-property tax proposal to fund a new high school.

A controversial ordinance protecting reproductive healthcare decisions and adding onto Bowling Green’s anti-discrimination law was adopted by council on Monday.

Firefighters with the Bowling Green Fire Division and public utility workers remove a roof that was blown off Saturday at the electrical substation along Poe Road. Municipal Administrator Lori Tretter said that high winds hit the roof and the rubber membrane part rolled backed into the transformer, causing a widespread outage in the northwest part of the city. Crews from Bowling Green electric, fire and the public works division mobilized to get the roof removed and make the repairs, Tretter said. Power was restored before 6:30 p.m. Tretter also credited the Bowling Green Police Division dispatchers with managing a large call volume and the other emergency responses. (Photo by J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)

A Bowling Green woman has been cited after her dogs allegedly bit a man.