First Listen for Friday, July 17, 2026.
- Democrats weigh in on President Trump's Thursday address.
- Rep. Carol Ammons and her husband were in court for an arraignment on federal charges.
- Prosecutors lay out more details in the deaths of five people in East St. Louis. A 16-year-old and his teen girlfriend are charges.
- People were exposed to tuberculosis at a middle school in Champaign County.