Page 9 - Dwayne Patterson News Today

RIPLEY, Miss.

The Tupelo Police Department said Cory Wayne Patterson faces charges of grand larceny and terroristic threats.

An airport worker who knew how to take off but not land stole a small airplane Saturday and threatened to crash it into a Walmart, circling for five hours over unnerved Mississippians before ending the flight safely in a soybean field where police arrested him.

Authorities say a man who stole a plane and flew it over Mississippi after threatening to crash it into a Walmart store faces charges of grand larceny and terroristic threats

Wayne Patterson was an employee of Tupelo Aviation and had some flight instruction, say police

An airport worker with only basic flying skills stole a small airplane and flew it over north Mississippi for five hours Saturday after threatening to crash it into a Walmart, eventually landing in a soybean field where police arrested him. Cory Wayne Patterson, 29, was unin...

The N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation will launch a new website Aug. 30.

Preliminary election results show that two Santa Rosa County School incumbents have held on to their seats. District 5 seat goes to a Nov. runoff.

Incumbent Linda Sanborn and challenger Wayne Patterson are vying for a seat on the Santa Rosa County School Board.

Two incumbents face challengers, one seat open in county.