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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|By Joyce Peterson
The man charged with shooting and killing Millington High sophomore Haley Reedy is out of jail less than 24 hours after surrendering to the authorities.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 6:03 AM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The superintendent of the Germantown Municipal School District (GMSD) is speaking out over the battle over three schools in Germantown after Le Bonheur Methodist Hospital opened a primary health clinic on Monday for district employees and their families.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 10:22 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Drag Queens took to the streets of Memphis to fight for their right to perform and to let their critics know they will not back down or be intimidated.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 9:52 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
In response to nationwide criticism about major delays in rape kit testing, the state is spending millions of dollars to staff up Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) forensic labs, and the federal government is sending aid, too.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 10:42 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Public safety leaders expressed their joy after the City of Memphis announced it is taking a major step forward in hiring first responders, and making sure they stay in the Bluff City.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 10:29 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
MOSH Drag show canceled by protest
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 10:28 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
“This organization has never failed.” Those words are from Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert on Thursday.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 10:57 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
No water. No contact with family. No access to medical care. A former Shelby County jail inmate said the conditions inside 201 Poplar aren’t safe, and he believes inmates’ rights are being violated.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 5:57 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin, Joyce Peterson and Bria Bolden
The victim who says she was raped by Eliza Fletcher’s alleged killer 11 months ago filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the City of Memphis for failing to investigate the 2021 case and subsequently failing to prevent Fletcher’s death.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 10:31 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
After talking tough about truancy in his Sept. 2 weekly newsletter, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland recently met with Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) Interim Superintendent Toni Williams to discuss how to tackle students skipping school.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 8:07 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 10:25 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The Goodwill Excel Center on Thousand Oaks Drive believes it’s never too late for Memphians to graduate.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 11:09 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
As the community searches for solutions to the crime and violence that plagues Memphis, local men and women of God gathered at the sight of one of the seven shootings that stunned the Bluff City Wednesday night.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 11:08 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
In his weekly newsletter, the mayor revealed startling data about the number of children ditching class in the Memphis-Shelby County School (MSCS) system.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 10:30 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The old saying goes: “crime doesn’t pay.” Being a Good Samaritan Friday evening didn’t pay either for a Memphis father. His car, with his three children inside, was stolen by a crash victim he had pulled over to assist.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 10:48 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The 901 day celebration started with a packed crowd outside the Fed Ex Forum tonight for the 901 Day Grizz Bash.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 10:20 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
MLGW is standing by, ready to send crews to Jackson, Mississippi, to help fix their broken water treatment system.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 10:41 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said he will not get involved in the dispute between Memphis In May (MIM) and Memphis River Parks Partnership (MRPP).
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 6:54 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The Memphis in May (MIM) International Festival announced on Thursday that it will be downsizing 2023′s festival elements due to the ongoing construction at Tom Lee Park.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 10:16 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
MATA Board Chairman Martin Lipinski joyously celebrated the news with Memphis and Shelby County leaders on Wednesday.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 9:53 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
With the ongoing crisis in the Shelby County Clerk’s Office, some viewers have asked if there is a recall process for elected officials in Tennessee.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 10:27 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Tennessee Democrats are making good on their election night promise to bring high-powered legal eagles into the Shelby County election process.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 10:21 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson and Christopher Cheatham
The Memphis hospital that cares for the sickest and neediest patients in the Mid-South requires some TLC of its own. Regional One Health was built nearly 40 years ago.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 11:05 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
On the 45th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, one of Elvis’ best friends was interviewed along with the firefighter who photographed that momentous week in Memphis history.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 4:18 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin and Joyce Peterson
A well-regarded community advocate was shot and killed on Saturday night.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:59 PM CDT
|By Taylor Tucker and Joyce Peterson
MLGW announced this week that no residential customer will have their power cut off for not paying their bill. The utility also said this is a temporary policy.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 7:02 AM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Man indicted in the murder of his wife.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 5:34 AM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The latest phishing scams are designed to give them access to your computer and everything in it by installing malware on your devices.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 6:57 AM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The state of Tennessee is to the rescue! Fed up with the problems in the Shelby County Clerk’s Office, the Shelby County Commission Monday night voted to ask state officials to send help.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 10:33 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The City of Memphis is about to score an economic hole in one.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 10:39 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The Environmental Protection Agency is warning hundreds of families in South Memphis about the quality of the air they breathe.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 4:50 AM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Major problems with the MLGW payment system on Tuesday, August 2, caused major headaches and heartache for rate payers. Thousands of customers were charged multiple times for the same bill.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 5:00 AM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
There’s a new tool in Memphis’ crime-fighting arsenal. Memphis is among the cities looking at reducing gun violence and over-policing in communities of color by using violence interruption programs.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 10:25 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Numbers from the Tennessee Secretary of State’s office show early voting in the Aug. 4 Shelby County election has already surpassed all the votes cast in the May election.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 6:13 AM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The husband of a murdered Memphis pastor wants the juveniles charged with her killing to do adult time for the crime.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 10:56 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Just one week after the Memphis-Shelby County School system announced its plan to hire retired teachers as a way to fill vacancies amid a teacher shortage, Memphis police are doing the same thing.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 2:46 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin, Joyce Peterson and Kelli Cook
Police records show that the 15-year-old charged with the murder of Rev. Dr. Autura Eason-Williams had prior charges.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 11:08 AM CDT
|By Jacob Gallant and Joyce Peterson
The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office wants the teen accused of killing a pastor to be tried as an adult.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 10:48 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Two teenagers have been arrested in the murder of a Mid-South pastor. Memphis Police say Reverend Autura Eason-Williams was shot in her driveway in Whitehaven on Monday, July 18, as the teens stole her car. And MPD said a 15-year-old pulled the trigger.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 10:20 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Temperatures are soaring and so is the number of people falling for an MLGW phone scam. Nearly two dozen victims contacted the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South in just the last week.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 9:19 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Action News 5 is taking action for you, reaching out to government agencies and non-profits to find out what kind of utility assistance is available in Memphis and Shelby County.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 11:13 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The president of the Postal Police Officers Association said postal workers are being attacked, and mail is being stolen at unprecedented levels in this country.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 10:25 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
A new warning about thieves stealing mail in Memphis. The postal inspector confirms the United States Postal Service is investigating a major mail theft from its post office in Oakhaven at 3715 Winchester.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 10:33 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
When Ted talks, people listen. Ted Townsend, the man selected to lead the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce when the current CEO and president, Beverly Robertson, steps down in six months, is a man in demand.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 9:31 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Poplar Avenue became ground zero for what will likely be the first of many protests to come.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 10:58 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Beverly Robertson said she’s leaving the Chamber at the end of the year.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 10:11 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The loftiest park expansion in Memphis history is on budget and on time.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 10:06 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Battling the blistering heat while fighting a two-alarm fire.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 9:30 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
If you’ve ever struggled to find a parking space in downtown Memphis, your struggle is about to end.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 10:18 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Memphis In May set new records this year, but not the good kind.
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