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 4 p.m. newscasts. Then she switches gears and hits the street to report at 10 p.m.
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The Memphis Police Department has unveiled its most restrictive traffic control plan for Downtown in recent memory.
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Frustration is growing five days after Germantown water customers were first advised not to drink their tap water after diesel fuel contaminated an underground reservoir.
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Revolutionary. Historic. Groundbreaking. That’s how organizers describe a new program in Memphis that teaches young men how to be better fathers. It’s called AFIRM, which stands for “A Father’s Involvement Really Matters.”
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Fans of Jerry Lee Lewis have an opportunity this weekend to buy some of The Killer’s most cherished possessions.
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There are more unanswered questions about how the bail system operates in Shelby County criminal courts. Worried citizens aren’t the only ones keeping a close eye on the case of a teenage car theft and shooting suspect who keeps posting bail and getting out of jail.
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After months, even years of anticipation, the Downtown Memphis Commission made a major announcement about a new business coming to Beale Street. The new shop will occupy an old space that holds a special place in many hearts: Tater Red’s Lucky Mojos, where you could find fun and funky gifts for 30 years.
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The vibes were high for Day 1 of the 2023 Beale Street Music Festival!
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The biggest party in town returns to the river, and Beale Street Landing will be the command post for Memphis police and other law enforcement agencies responsible for protecting the citizens in Downtown Memphis this weekend.
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Recommended parking spaces for Beale Street Music Festival; Tom Lee Park prepares for festival goers
Tom Lee Park is being transformed into a magical world that will offer great music all weekend. The gates open at 5 p.m. this Friday, May 5, for the start of the 2023 Beale Street Music Festival.
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Action News 5 got a look at the newly remodeled Tom Lee Park and the setup for this year’s Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival.
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There’s a new weapon in the war on crime in Downtown Memphis. The Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC) unveiled a new tool in the arsenal of the Blue Suede Brigade, the DMC’s team of state-certified security officers.
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And as the University of Memphis Tigers football squad showed off new players, school officials talked about the new improvements coming to the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium at Liberty Park in Midtown Memphis.
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There’s an important change to tell you about with permitless carry in Tennessee. And it’s a change that some local leaders didn’t know about until Action News 5 reached out to them for comment.
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A new procedure at the Memphis VA provides relief to veterans with COPD without surgery.
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In the middle of the night, one pilot’s crash pad became a crime scene.
Action News 5 confirmed that a FedEx pilot was shot in the middle of the night while asleep in bed.
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Memphis in May will release the lineup for Beale Street Music Festival on Monday.
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On Monday, one of the West Memphis Three, Damien Echols, filed an appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court, asking it to revisit his petition to use modern technology to examine specific evidence in the case for DNA findings that might prove his innocence.
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A Southaven family has a new home, thanks to a local church, after they were kicked to the curb for seeking legal guidance when the mother, five months pregnant, fell through the floor of their apartment last month.
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MLGW restored power to everyone by midnight on Christmas Eve. The big problem facing the utility now is broken water mains, and leaky pipes and the race is on to repair the damage.
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The world-famous Silky O’Sullivan’s is being sold, after being owned by the same family for half a century.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The City of Memphis is about to score an economic hole in one.
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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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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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The Memphis Grizzlies are battling for a series closeout tonight.
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The Memphis in May 2022 Beale Street Music Festival kicks off in just 8 days!
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A bill being pushed through the Tennessee legislature has no age requirements for marriage
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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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A student at Christian Brothers University in Memphis helped a family flee the violence in Ukraine and find a safe place to stay in neighboring Poland.
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A Memphis man who just went through the Feb. 3 ice storm in the Bluff City moved to Tyronza, Arkansas last weekend. Three days later, another ice storm walloped the eastern part of the Natural State, including his new home.
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The Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South reports an alarming increase in senior scams.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received more than one million reports of identity theft in 2021 and nearly 10,000 of those reports came from the Memphis area.
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The White House is being asked to fast-track a program that puts teenagers in the driver’s seat of tractor-trailers to help solve the nationwide truck driver shortage.
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‘Tis the season of giving and a Whitehaven family needs some holiday help. Their matriarch was burned out of the home where she raised her children and grandchildren over the last five decades.
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Not a single piece of evidence ever connected the West Memphis Three, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, to the 1993 murders of three 8-year-old boys.
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A group of young men is attempting to break a Guinness World Record for cooking BBQ.
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There was conflict Tuesday at the Memphis City Council during a discussion about recognizing slain rapper Young Dolph.
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Big River Park is about to triple in size. It’s a $5 million project with half the money already raised.
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Inside a new postal facility at 3456 Meyers near Highland and Jackson in North Memphis, man and machine are teaming up to get your holiday packages delivered on time this year.
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Memphis police have solved 16 of 99 interstate shootings this year.
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Horrendous, frightful, and deplorable are the words from the mayor and police chief of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas after a search warrant was served on the Humane Society of the Delta Thursday.
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Next time the lights go out in Memphis and Shelby County, armed robbers may be to blame.
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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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Beale Street is mourning the loss of two well-known business owners this week.
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