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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Poplar Avenue became ground zero for what will likely be the first of many protests to come.
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Beverly Robertson said she’s leaving the Chamber at the end of the year.
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The loftiest park expansion in Memphis history is on budget and on time.
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Battling the blistering heat while fighting a two-alarm fire.
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If you’ve ever struggled to find a parking space in downtown Memphis, your struggle is about to end.
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Memphis In May set new records this year, but not the good kind.
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Groups of masked bandits recently hit stores in Germantown, East Memphis and Whitehaven.
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If you own a home or business in Memphis and Shelby County, be on the lookout for a bogus letter that attempts to solicit money from you.
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An honorary sign reading “Coach Shirley Yvonne McCray Way” sits outside Chickaway Middle School on Westmont Road.
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In its heyday, the Majestic was a massive, 20-screen movie theater in the heart of Hickory Hill. Today, unable to survive the pandemic, it sits vacant, like so many other storefronts and businesses in the southeast Memphis community. But that’s about to change.
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Chandra Johnson shared pictures of her child in his hospital bed. Michael Jones is so small, just three months old, hospitalized since May 28 when the accident happened.
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The Memphis City Council approved millions of dollars this week to make the repairs--but it’s not that easy.
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Next Monday, commissioners will tackle the latest resolution before them to buy new voting machines. The sticking point? What kind of machines should Shelby County get? Are they the safest and most secure?
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A spokesperson for the American Freedom Tour said the proposal is “mean-spirited, partisan, preposterous and penurious.”
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Former President Donald Trump will visit the Mid-South this month when he brings his American Freedom Tour to town.
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A fiery future is in store for Rust Hall at Overton Park.
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It was Memorial Day 2015 when 26-year-old Army Sgt. Calvin Wilhite was gunned down near 4th and MLK in downtown Memphis
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A parent’s worst nightmare: Families with students at White Station High received a phone call from the district on Thursday, May 26, that sent them racing to the East Memphis school.
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Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland told Action News 5 he’s “seriously considering” running for another term if voters make it possible.
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An independent investigation commissioned by the SBC showed that sexual abuse allegations were ignored or covered up by church elders for nearly 20 years.
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On Friday, we got our first look inside the house that love built.
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The hope is to cut down on the number of children that die each year after being left in overheated vehicles.
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The program gives eligible families public money to send their children to private schools.
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Expert answers questions amid rise in COVID-19 cases
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Local faith leader questions responsibility after mass shootings
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Shots fired and windows shattered at one busy Mid-South big box store.
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At Liberty Park in Midtown Memphis, 212 teams fired up their grills this week for the 2022 World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
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The only thing hotter than the temperature in Memphis on Wednesday is Grizz Fans burning desire to beat the Golden State Warriors.
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Sherra Wright eligible for parole for her role in Lorenzen Wright's death
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Tennessee’s top Republicans are at odds over the state’s new ‘truth in sentencing’ legislation, which requires mandatory sentences with no chance of parole for certain crimes.
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Those who work with the growing homeless population in Memphis and Shelby County now have more help to get the unhoused back on their feet and into society.
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As COVID-19 cases increase in the Mid-South, a leading infectious disease doctor says a key medicine to treat the virus isn’t being prescribed nearly enough.
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The clock is ticking for Shelby County to order new voting equipment, but the two groups tasked with getting it done still don’t see eye to eye on which kind of voting machines to buy.
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The Memphis Grizzlies are battling for a series closeout tonight.
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On the eve of the much-anticipated return of Beale Street Music Festival, the focus is on attention to detail at Liberty Park in Midtown Memphis, the site of this year’s event.
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Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time.
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The Memphis in May 2022 Beale Street Music Festival kicks off in just 8 days!
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Memphis in May unveiled this year’s Beale Street Music Festival poster on Tuesday night, the final one created by legendary artist George Hunt
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A federal judge in Florida ruled Monday passengers no longer have to wear masks on public transportation. The Transportation Security Administration did not comment, but said masks are still required inside Memphis International Airport and on flights.
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Busted windows, broken glass, the mock-up of the Mighty Mississippi filled with weeds and dirt instead of water.
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Now, there’s a new concern with House Bill 0233.
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A bill being pushed through the Tennessee legislature has no age requirements for marriage
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The “3G’s bill” passed the full Tennessee House of Representatives on Monday night.
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The Shelby County Election Commission is being sued by three Memphis groups that say the commission’s early voting plan for the upcoming county primary will disenfranchise minority voters.
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Nobody Trashes Tennessee!
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It’s definitely startling to see a funnel cloud over East Memphis.
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Preparations are underway as a Spring weather system heads toward the Mid-South.
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A Mid-South sleep expert says switching to permanent daylight saving time could have a detrimental impact on our health. The Senate this week overwhelmingly passed a bill that would make d.s.t. the norm in the U.S.
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The man challenging Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris in the upcoming primary election says Harris showed a “lack of leadership” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Tennessee Senate committee passed the “3G’s” bill on Wednesday, March 16, one day after the House education subcommittee passed it.