Joyce Peterson
Anchor/Reporter
Memphis, TN
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Joyce Peterson is an anchor/reporter at WMC 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, WMC 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.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s budget proposal contains no new taxes, but City Councilman Martavius Jones says he wants to raise property taxes to improve city services.
The city has a new civic building, new library, new fire station, and now a new police chief.
There was confrontation Tuesday as crews started to relocate the Memphis graves of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife.
Dr. Adel Abdelnaby created a new computer program to simulate the wear and tear on the I-40 bridge.
For one group of bikers, officer Scotty Triplett will always be their hero.
Exactly two weeks after authorities shut down the I-40 bridge for emergency repairs, phase one of the repair process is done.
A breakthrough infection occurs when a fully vaccinated person still catches the virus.
What better way to watch the big game than on the big screen.
The City of Memphis said it has to go, but one East Memphis neighborhood is ready to fight for its speed bump.
The death toll in the Middle East is now 220 Palestinians killed and 12 people dead in Israel.
Transportation officials have repeatedly said they don’t know how long that steel beam has been damaged.
Sam Reid celebrated two accomplishments Monday night: his graduation from Arlington High School, and the fact he’s even alive to get his diploma.
When transportation officials said they didn’t know when that bridge fracture happened, a couple of curious citizens started looking through their photo albums.
The engineer interpreted the most recent inspection report for us, then explained why the iconic M-shape we love so much about the I-40 bridge likely contributed to the damage.
Business owners have an important decision to make over the next few days, one that will impact their staff and their customers.
The bridge is a vital piece of America’s infrastructure for moving traffic and freight around the country.
A proposed art installation on the Memphis riverfront is meeting a wave of mixed reviews, but there’s only one review that matters.
Mother Nature threatened Tuesday night’s season opener, but the Redbirds would not be denied. After a nearly two-hour rain delay, it was finally time to play ball in Memphis.
The latest twist is a mysterious package sent to Braswell behind bars. He and his loved ones hope the contents of that package lead to his release.
This was truly amazing because their Shih Tzu-Red Terrier Feist mix disappeared six years ago.
Memphis Polices aid a preliminary report at the scene indicated the young man shot himself.
A battle is brewing between the City of Memphis and the union that represents the men and women who pick up the Bluff City’s trash.
Many are using Tuesday’s verdict as a teaching opportunity for younger generations, including those who stopped in Memphis to visit hallowed ground at the National Civil Rights Museum.
Imagine new schools with the latest technology, high-paid teachers providing quality education and students who graduate ready to compete globally.
The parade will take place Saturday, May 1 from 3 to 4 p.m.
More than 12,000 untested rape kits were discovered by Memphis Police in 2013. Several women filed a lawsuit the following year, in August 2014.
Doses are plentiful in Memphis and the vaccine process is now down to a science.
Health Department data shows more than 133,000 Shelby Countians are now fully vaccinated. To reach herd immunity, experts say 700,000 people need to get their shots.
The attorney for Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford, Jr., said his client never used his position to turn a profit.
The Byhalia Pipeline wanted to buy two properties owned by Shelby County Government, but the county commission said no to that request at its meeting on Monday.
If you are 55 or older or work in a critical infrastructure industry, you can now get the COVID-19 vaccine.
In exchange, the company promised to create hundreds of jobs in Memphis and Tunica, Mississippi.
Shelby County residents with lung or heart problems, diabetes, history of stroke, liver disease and dementia are eligible in Phase 1C.
What does that mean for local employees? And what will happen to the ServiceMaster headquarters in downtown Memphis?
The vaccination process in Memphis and Shelby County is about to speed up when a huge new group of people becomes eligible for the vaccine.
New information about the COVID-19 vaccine that went to waste in Shelby County is slowly coming to light, as well as what it means for those who’ve gotten vaccinated.
The results of the state of Tennessee’s month-long investigation into the mismanagement of vaccine distribution in Shelby County are shocking.
The principal of Cordova High School is suing SCS after being placed on leave for comments he made to students after the uprising at the Capitol.
A lot of folks are worried the Byhalia Pipeline could endanger the Memphis aquifer.
Customers can call MLGW starting next week to work out payment plans.
MFD is using firefighting techniques never used before in the history of the department.
10 days of record cold temperatures took a heavy and historic toll on Memphis pipes.
Don’t expect the streets in your neighborhood to get plowed.
A winter blast of snow is expected to hit the Mid-South Sunday night.
MLGW told WMC Action News 5 that 95% of the restoration should be done by Friday at midnight.
From a rash of deadly tornados to destructive flooding, the bombing in downtown Nashville and the COVID-19 crisis, last year took a toll on the Volunteer State and its residents.
Haushalter said that state leaders said “no” to moving up teachers in the vaccination line in Shelby County.
The district did not set a date to return to in-person learning.
At this point, the responses of local, state and federal health experts all say the science shows it’s OK to open up school buildings.
There is early optimism from SCHD leaders, one month into the vaccination program.