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 world of women’s basketball lost one of the greats this week. Collierville native Nikki McCray-Penson passed away at the age of 51, it was announced Friday.
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An abandoned dog left for dead in a Cordova backyard now has a second chance at life, but the man who rescued him said the pup wound up saving him.
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We asked the Shelby County District Attorney and a top defense attorney to explain how the law works, so there is no confusion as to how Memphians deal with escalating crime.
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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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Tennessee lawmakers took a tough stance on school security Thursday in Nashville. The full Senate passed Governor Bill Lee’s sweeping school safety plan.
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Even as Governor Bill Lee calls for compromise on gun control reform, the Volunteer State is on track to lower the age for permitless carry from 21 to 18. The Tennessee Attorney General has already agreed to lower the age even though the bill to make it happen hasn’t passed yet.
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In the middle of the night, one pilot’s crash pad became a crime scene.
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Action News 5 has learned that the Memphis police officer shot at the White Station Library on Thursday is still in critical condition at Regional One Hospital after being shot in the head.
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Action News 5 obtained the personnel files of the five Memphis police officers fired and charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.
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Two teens accused of the killing of Autura Eason-Williams appeared before the judge, and only one was transferred to a different court
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Four members of Harvest Church in Germantown died Tuesday and another remains in the hospital following a plane crash in Texas.
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Lisa Marie Presley has died at the age of 54, four days after visiting Graceland to celebrate the life and legacy of her late father on his birthday.
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He was not supposed to be released on his own recognizance.
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The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) office in Memphis just held an open house for potential candidates as a part of a statewide hiring blitz.
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Candlelight, tears, and calls for action poured from Memphis Monday night as the local LGTBQ+ community came together to honor and remember those impacted by the Colorado Springs nightclub shooting.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time.
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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 husband of a murdered Memphis pastor wants the juveniles charged with her killing to do adult time for the crime.
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On Friday, we got our first look inside the house that love built.
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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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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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Memphis’ new top cop is a victim of one of the top crimes she’s been warning us about since she took the job last year.
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Can losing weight reduce your risk of getting seriously ill or dying from COVID-19? A new study says yes!
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With every twist and turn of the COVID-19 pandemic come new worries and new scams.
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One teen has been a victim of crime in Memphis not once, but twice.
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The Ford Motor Company is bringing thousands of jobs to the Mid-South.
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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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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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Barry Medlock, with high-powered Memphis defense attorney William Massey by his side, turned himself in at 201 Poplar.
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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.
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