Catholic church leaders are suggesting the faithful celebrate St. Valentine's Day this weekend or on Tuesday - Mardi Gras - rather than on February 14 -- which is Ash Wednesday.

Plus why we'll need to stock up on milk, bread & beer before tonight (STORMWATCH) and the rest of the day's news, sports and forecast.

It's a small, small world. So we celebrate the XRT Spring Training trip win by Jake of Dixon, IL -- Mary's family home. Plus the rest of the day's news, which includes word that DNA evidence shows early Brits were probably people of color. They turned paler later than previously thought. A small world, indeed.

Terri Hemmert shares her memories of the late John Mahoney and why he was a beloved Chicagoan.

The Oak Park resident didn't even start acting until his late-30s. John Mahoney was best known as Martin Crane on the TV show "Frasier," along with numerous appearances on the big screen and Chicago's stages. If you ever saw him act or met him in person, you know why the city's theater community is in mourning.

Plus the rest of the day's news, sports and weather forecast.

We've been demoted from a "full" to "flawed" democracy in 2017 because of the decline in public trust in US institutions. Just a reminder, Gentle Reader, that the word democracy is from the Greek terms for "people" and "power." Let's exercise ours wisely.

Plus the rest of the day's news and frigid forecast.