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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2 weeks ago |
actionnews5.com | Joyce Peterson
ARLINGTON, Tenn. (WMC) - The wife of a missing man in Arlington is making an impassioned plea for prayers and more help to find her husband. Reports indicate that 43-year-old Jonathan “Scotty” Roach, a husband, father of two, and an Iraqi War veteran, walked out of his front door Saturday afternoon, leaving his phone and truck behind, and has not been seen since. His wife, Tracey, fought back tears while telling Action News 5’s Joyce Peterson about Scotty.
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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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RT @NWSMemphis: The previous Tornado Watch has now been extended into all of north Mississippi through 4AM. https://t.co/ILdF91b5Uf
RT @RonChilders: FIRST ALERT: The NWS has issued a TORNADO WATCH for parts of the Mid-South. Stay weather aware and tuned into Action News…
RT @iamdjepic: Prayers for my city. Tornados just came through the city of St. Louis https://t.co/uj12pEcfm2
