Briefs: Hainesville to offer Halloween hayrides

As Hainesville holds trick-or-treating from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, the village also will offer hayrides to residents. The hayrides will run from 4 to 5 p.m. on Centennial Drive behind village hall, then at Brittany Park from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. and at Antler Park from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. There is no cost for the hayride, but riders are asked to donate nonperishable canned goods to give to the Avon Township food pantry. Adult supervision is required. For information, call village hall at (847) 223-2032.

District 103 seeks board candidates:

Nominating petition forms for the April 7 school board election in Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 will be available beginning Oct. 28. Forms may be picked up in the district office, 1370 Riverwoods Road, Lincolnshire. The petition must be filed in the same office between 8 a.m. Jan. 20 and 5 p.m. Jan. 26. Candidates' names will appear on the election ballot in the order in which their nominating papers are received. Four seats on the seven-member board, each for a four-year term, will be filled. For information, call Angela Berka at (847) 295-4030.

Bus hits car:

Four people were hurt when a school bus collided with a car on Millburn Road east of Crawford Road near Wadsworth on Thursday morning. The accident happened about 8:30 a.m. when the bus driver lost control of the vehicle, a Millburn School District bus, Lake County police said. She crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a 2004 Mercury Sable, police said. Three people in the Mercury were seriously hurt and were taken to Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. The bus driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to Vista East Medical Center in Waukegan. One child on the bus, the driver's daughter, was not hurt, police said. The bus driver was ticketed for improper lane usage, police said. She was identified as Michelle Michalski, 33, of 210 Chelsea Circle, Lake Villa.

Waukegan police charge Grayslake man:

Waukegan police have charged Eric Brown, 25, of Grayslake with possession of a stolen vehicle, stolen property, domestic battery and resisting arrest after they say Brown attempted to run down an officer at an area motel Wednesday morning. Waukegan police Cmdr. Wayne Walles said police were called to the Best Western Hotel at 411 S. Green Bay Road at about 5 a.m. by someone complaining a man was trying to enter the room of a hotel guest. As officers approached, the man ran out of the building and jumped into his car, Walles said.

While officers gave chase, the man drove his vehicle into the side of a vehicle repair shop at the southwest corner of Green Bay Road and Washington, Walles said. As police closed in, Walles said, the man turned the car and attempted to drive at one of the officers in an attempt to get away. Walles said, in defense of himself and other officers, the officer shot at the man. The bullets did not hit him, Walles said, allowing the man to escape the parking lot. Brown will have a bond hearing on today.