First Listen for Aug. 17, 2026:
- Storms left several thousand without power in central Illinois Sunday. But crews have made progress in restoring service as of Monday morning.
- The governor has signed a law to provide some financial relief to Chicago homeowners who sustained flood damage last year.
- A suburban Chicago mayor suffered minor injuries in a restaurant shooting Sunday. Police say he was not the intended target.
- A new law will provide signs at highway rest stops designed to reach trafficking victims.
- Gov. Pritzker said the Chicago Bears need take a new approach at the statehouse in their effort to obtain help with a new stadium project.
