
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 |Lydian Coombs
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Last Wednesday, April 2, the Mississippi River at Memphis was at a height of 8 feet on the National Weather Service gauge. As of Monday night, it’s at 28 feet and rising quickly. The flood stage, when the river starts going over its banks, is 34 feet for Memphis. The Mississippi River is expected to crest at 37.5 feet next Monday. Did you know the spiral boat dock at Beale Street Landing is also an informal river gauge?
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4 weeks ago |
actionnews5.com | Joyce Peterson
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - “MATA is broken.” Those words from TransPro, the consulting group hired out of Florida to fix what ails Memphis’ struggling public transit system. The Memphis Area Transit Authority’s $60 million deficit is still unexplained, with new scandals getting uncovered on what seems like a daily basis. Transforming MATA comes with a hefty price tag for taxpayers, but bus riders desperate for improved service say it’s worth every penny if significant change is the result.
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4 weeks ago |
actionnews5.com | Joyce Peterson
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - To understand someone’s suffering, you need to walk a mile in their shoes. To experience what MATA customers go through, you need to ride on the city’s public transit system. A trip from Whitehaven to Downtown Memphis by car normally takes 15 minutes. But that journey took an Action News 5 crew 8x as long when they traveled by bus a few days ago, invited by the Memphis Bus Riders Union.
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1 month ago |
actionnews5.com | Joyce Peterson
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Memphis gymnast is the newest member of the Tennessee Gymnastics Hall of Fame. 23-year-old Soraya Hawthorne was inducted during the March 22 ceremony in Clarksville. She spent four years as a GymDog at the University of Georgia, where she received a full-ride scholarship and was named an All-American, before finishing her final year at the University of Oklahoma—accomplishments that required grit and grind to achieve.
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1 month ago |
actionnews5.com | Joyce Peterson
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