On today’s show, we cover the funeral arrangements for former U.S. Rep. John Dingell, who died Friday at age 92. Dingell, a Dearborn Democrat, was the longest-serving member of the U.S. House, having served for 59 years when he stepped down at the end of 2014. And he left a huge impression on generations of Detroiters.

Elsewhere, we delve into sportsball. Forbes says the Detroit Pistons fall one ranking to No. 26 for most valuable NBA teams (out of 30), despite increasing 15 percent to $1.27 billion. And Detroit City FC has released its schedule for the 2019 NPSL regular-season campaign, though it will release its schedule for its inaugural NPSL Founders Cup professional campaign, and four exhibition friendlies, at a later date.

Also:

• The city of Detroit has an improved credit rating from Standards & Poor’s, meaning it will cost less for borrowing money
• City officials in Royal Oak may have to eat an additional $877,000 in costs for a new parking deck under construction
• Summit Place Mall in Waterford has a date with the wrecking ball, at long last
• Comcast will begin airing Detroit Symphony Orchestra concerts this season
• Lyft has released the top restaurants, venues and cities for Valentine’s Day in Detroit, using data from 2018
• Detroit is once again on a list of most-unhealthy U.S. cities, and we discuss a few reasons why

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