Joyce Peterson
Anchor and Reporter at WMC-TV (Memphis, TN)
A 2nd gen TV journo delivering news to the Mid-South for 30 years. Anchor/Reporter for @wmcactionnews5.
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3 weeks ago |
actionnews5.com | Joyce Peterson
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’ 2026 budget proposal calls for a 20% cut in property taxes. If approved, this would be the county’s lowest property tax rate in nearly 30 years. Mayor Harris presented a $1.7 billion budget to the Shelby County Commission on Wednesday. That’s up from last year’s $1.6 billion budget. The mayor also wants to give county employees a 3% pay raise. Last year, they received a 6% bump in pay.
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3 weeks ago |
actionnews5.com | Joyce Peterson |Lydian Coombs
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The war of words between the attorneys for Tyre Nichols’ family and the City of Memphis is ramping up. Attorney Ben Crump’s firm is issuing an update to a previous statement issued Monday in the aftermath of the sweeping not-guilty verdicts for the three Memphis police officers who were accused in Nichols’ traffic stop beating death.
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3 weeks ago |
kait8.com | Joyce Peterson
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Posters encouraging “vigilante justice” in the Tyre Nichols case are appearing across Memphis. Monday night, both city leaders and Nichols’ family are responding to the anonymous call to do harm to the former police officers involved in the 29-year-old motorist’s death.
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3 weeks ago |
actionnews5.com | Joyce Peterson
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Posters encouraging “vigilante justice” in the Tyre Nichols case are appearing across Memphis. Monday night, both city leaders and Nichols’ family are responding to the anonymous call to do harm to the former police officers involved in the 29-year-old motorist’s death.
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1 month ago |
actionnews5.com | Joyce Peterson
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Memphis may have the best drinking water in the nation, but Thursday, Memphis Light Gas and Water’s customer service for the water division ranks as the worst among mid-sized utilities in the South. The 2025 J.D. Power Water Utility Customer Satisfaction Survey, released Wednesday, asked more than 300 customers about the quality, reliability, cost and ease of doing business with MLGW’s water division.
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