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.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 7:18 AM CST
|By Joyce Peterson, Lydian Kennin and Gray News staff
In the middle of the night, one pilot’s crash pad became a crime scene.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 10:15 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
There is a renewed push to end permitless handgun carry in Shelby County. A lawmaker from Memphis has a plan to remove the county from the current permitless carry state law that went into effect on July 1, 2021.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 9:52 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Tennessee parents who don’t want their children to mask up in the classroom can opt out of mask mandates.
Updated: May. 20, 2021 at 9:52 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The City of Memphis said it has to go, but one East Memphis neighborhood is ready to fight for its speed bump.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2020 at 10:22 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson
Scientists at St. Jude may have figured out how COVID-19 kills, and more importantly, how to stop it.