Joyce Peterson
Anchor/Reporter
Memphis, TN
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Joyce Peterson is an anchor/reporter at Action News 5.
Joyce is a second-generation TV journalist and has reported the news in the Mid-South for more than 25 years.
She's also married to your favorite weather guy, Action News 5 Chief Meteorologist Ron Childers.
Weekdays you'll find Joyce anchoring our 3:30 and 4 p.m. newscasts. Then she switches gears and hits the street to report at 10 p.m.
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One teen has been a victim of crime in Memphis not once, but twice.
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A former top cop in Memphis is taking a hard look at the safety protocols for Shelby County Schools (SCS) one week after a 13-year-old student was injured in a shooting.
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Bogus Mid-South job schemes have almost doubled in the past two years.
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Less than a week after their 13-year-old child was shot at school, the young man’s family joined hands in prayer with the family of the student who’s charged with pulling the trigger.
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Memphis police announced arrests in three weekend homicide cases Tuesday.
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Major change is coming this month for hundreds of thousands of telephone customers in the Mid-South so that the new, three-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can work.
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Family and friends attended the visitation for 70-year-old Olivia King Friday night.
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FedExForum announced the official COVID-19 protocol for all events at the arena this fall.
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A federal disaster team is now caring for patients at Baptist Memorial Hospital in East Memphis.
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The Ford Motor Company is bringing thousands of jobs to the Mid-South.
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Dozens of Mid-South animal lovers have been scammed over the past several months in rip-offs totaling more than $100,000.
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Nine of the 15 people most seriously injured during Thursday’s mass shooting in Collierville were rushed to Regional One Hospital.
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The solid waste division has the lowest vaccination rate among city employees with just 37 percent. The police and fire departments are both less than 50 percent vaccinated.
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Just seven months after the newly remodeled Renasant Convention Center reopened, the signage atop the gleaming structure has major electrical problems.
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President Joe Biden and Tate Reeves have been taking verbal jabs at each other during the pandemic.
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There’s a desperate plea for the City of Memphis to cut tall grass and overgrown weeds outside an abandoned home.
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The Southern Heritage Classic, with its tens of thousands of fans, adds a healthy boost to the Memphis economy.
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Supporters say Pervis Payne is innocent and should be removed from death row because he’s intellectually disabled.
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The City of Memphis is looking to fill hundreds of jobs.
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Beale Street is mourning the loss of two well-known business owners this week.
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When kids return to class after the Labor Day holiday, all students in grades K-12 in Shelby County will be required to mask up.
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Tennessee is number one in the nation and number two in the world for most new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents.
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The Shelby County Government has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Bill Lee over Executive Order 84, saying the order is unlawful.
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University of Memphis (UofM) Athletic Director Laird Veatch unveiled the school’s strategic plan for the athletics department to the board of trustees on Wednesday.
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At Tuesday night’s Collierville School Board meeting, about a dozen parents urged the board and superintendent to enforce mandatory masking for all children.
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As more companies and colleges mandate the COVID-19 vaccine, do employees have any recourse to avoid getting the shot?
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“The Delta variant is causing problems we haven’t seen before.” Those words are from an infectious disease expert in Memphis who treats COVID-19 patients 18 hours a day.
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A demonstration took place outside the Shelby County Board of Education Thursday night. Shelby County Schools (SCS) parents and students held up signs protesting in favor of universal mask mandates
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While some Mid-Southerners rage against the vaccine, Angela Perry Donnerson counted down the days to when she could get the shot.
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The COVID-19 task force says current projections show the number of hospitalized COVID patients will double by the end of the month and increase six-fold by the end of September.
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Tennessee parents who don’t want their children to mask up in the classroom can opt out of mask mandates.
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The Downtown Memphis Commission says the $5 cover charge has been an effective way to reduce crowd size and prevent stampedes.
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With Mississippi experiencing more COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations than at any point in the pandemic, there’s no more room at UMMC in Jackson.
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The Biden administration is celebrating a major victory after a bipartisan group of U.S. senators passed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package Tuesday.
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Jordyn, from West Memphis, died from COVID-19 this week.
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The Shelby County Commission is one step closer to asking the health department to reinstate a countywide mask mandate.
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Germantown employees must get vaccinated by Labor Day or they could lose their jobs.
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SCS outlined back-to-school information, including important COVID-19 protocol updates for parents and students Monday night during a virtual town hall.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this week that vaccinated people should wear masks in areas with high community spread and low vaccination rates.
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A tough new law went into effect in Tennessee three weeks ago. The law is intended to put the brakes on the theft and resale of catalytic converters across the state
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The dip in the street is like a BMX ramp for cars.
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A group of state attorneys general announced a landmark $26 billion deal with drug companies accused of fueling the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic.
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The demolition of Tom Lee park will be underway Thursday.
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Tennessee’s chief medical officer cited lack of effective leadership as the reason in his recommendation to fire Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the state’s former top vaccination official.
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The latest design eliminates all of the free parking at the popular downtown park.
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As of Tuesday, July Tennessee is number one in the U.S. for largest increase of new COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks per 100,000 people. Tipton County is the number one county in the entire nation for new cases.
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Tennessee is offering $250 airfare vouchers to entice visitors to the Volunteer State.
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Barry Medlock, with high-powered Memphis defense attorney William Massey by his side, turned himself in at 201 Poplar.
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At Health Sciences Park in the Medical District Friday night, it was a Memphis Juneteenth festival unlike any other.
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20-year-old Gracie Jeppsen has been getting treatment at St. Jude since April. Her brain cancer diagnosis is a difficult one, but she’s fighting with all her strength with the love of her life by her side.