Joyce Peterson
Anchor/Reporter
Memphis, TN
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.
Monday in Millington, property owner Warren Cole listened intently to Shelby County Property Assessor Melvin Burgess explain how the property reappraisal system works.
The City of Memphis is spending a pretty penny for a consultant to analyze and help fix Memphis' broken bus system.
Mayor Paul Young and his administration are studying one of the strictest teen curfew programs in the nation to see if it would work here in Memphis.
The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office is fighting to get 30-year-old Detawn Gunn back behind bars after his release from jail without bond two weeks ago.
Senator Brent Taylor took to social media to confirm that Shelby County Judge Bill Anderson could be facing disciplinary action after incorrectly stating bail law.
The University of Memphis confirmed to Action News 5 the existence of an anonymous letter sent to the NCAA that lists multiple accusations of wrongdoing in the program.
The Memphis Police Department flocked to three areas of the Grahamwood neighborhood Tuesday evening after a shooting that left one man fighting for his life at Regional One Hospital.
Neighbors and city council members opposed to the idea worry that it will disrupt the community, bringing more traffic, noise and pollution.
Tennessee Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) said he has no fear of District Attorney Frederick Agee, who he labels as “soft on crime.”
On Monday, GOP leaders announced the city could lose tens of millions of dollars in critical state funding if three gun control measures appear on the November ballot as approved earlier this year by the Memphis City Council.
A missing Tennessee man is believed to be dead after a body was discovered inside his burned car.
Home security video obtained by Humboldt Police Department investigators reportedly shows a 12-year-old girl using bedding to suffocate her sleeping 8-year-old cousin on the top of the bunk bed they shared.
A food truck owner is picking up the pieces after a driver in a pickup truck plowed through his business in an incident caught on video.
The lawsuit seeks monetary damages for excessive use of force, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
In the middle of the night, one pilot’s crash pad became a crime scene.
