| Good afternoon, Chicago. Five months before elections, candidates for Chicago’s first fully elected school board have raised more than $830,000, with board president hopeful Sendhil Revuluri accounting for nearly one-third of that total. The Chicago Teachers Union and special interest groups that spent heavily on the 2024 board race have yet to make significant contributions. But many are mobilizing for what may well be the largest school board election in the country. Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History news Filippo “Gigi” Rovito leaves the Hammond Federal Courthouse following a hearing in the “Operation Porterhouse Parlay” case on May 14, 2026. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) The plot to hire some mob-connected tough guys to break the legs of a debtor allegedly began in May 2013 with vague talk over a wiretapped phone call about a popular restaurateur in Chicago’s western suburbs, federal court records show. More top news stories: business Owner Lisa Fleischmann hangs a Trump sign on the wall in her soon-to-open Trump Truth Store and Hangout on Jan. 13, 2026, in Crystal Lake. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) Store owner Lisa Fleischmann shut down the business on March 26, citing a drop in sales amid the broadly unpopular U.S.- and Israel-led war in Iran. More top business stories: sports Libertyville’s Brock Williams works in the end zone against Lemont’s Ewald Trickle during a nonconference game, Aug. 29, 2025 in Lemont. (Steve Johnston/for the News-Sun) Brock Williams, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound tight end ranked 79th nationally in the 2027 class in the 247Sports composite ratings, had received offers from nearly 40 Power Four programs but shortened his list to finalists Georgia, Ohio State and Texas. More top sports stories: eat. watch. do. Billy Goat Tavern’s Sam Sianis, Feb. 18, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) Sam Sianis, a Greek immigrant who became one of the most successful saloonkeepers and a popular figure in the sports and media worlds, died in Endeavor Swedish Hospital in Chicago early this morning. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: nation & world The U.S. Department of Justice logo is before a news conference, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Elias Rodriguez faces federal hate crime and murder charges in the killings of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim as they left an event at the museum last May. More top stories from around the world: | 
