Hi Lester!
Thanks for reaching out to us!
While I don´t know exactly why the update notice is not showing up, that has happened before and is more of a glitch than anything. Deactivating and reactivating the plugin usually solves it. But if that doesn’t work you can always make a manual update. Let me know how this works for you.
Regarding the tags issue, I’m not sure I understand what you mean. How were you displaying those tagged events on the homepage? Were you using a shortcode? If so, which one and how? Let me know so I can give you further assistance with this issue.
Best!
Victor