Joyce Peterson
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A 2nd gen TV journo delivering news to the Mid-South for 30 years. Anchor/Reporter for @wmcactionnews5 .
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FYI: 30% of those tested for
#COVID19
in South Korea reported losing their sense of smell.
A sudden loss of smell or taste could mean you have the coronavirus, even if you have no other symptoms.
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The jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of unintentional second degree murder, guilty of third degree murder, and guilty of second degree manslaughter. Guilty on all 3 charges.
#GeorgeFloydTrial
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Tennessee man uses school bus to evacuate 64 shelter animals in path of
#Florence
in South Carolina. Did same thing in hurricane zones in Florida, Texas & Puerto Rico.
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Headed to Midtown now. Poplar/Evergreen. MPD squad cars passing us on 240. The suspect is believed to have car jacked a gray Toyota SUV. Again, stay home,
#Memphis
.
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The messaging in El Salvador promotes leading a healthier lifestyle to reduce your risk with COVID.
Wondered many times during this pandemic why the U.S. didn’t have any type of ad campaign or positive messaging for the population?
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So this year marks my 25th anniversary in
#Memphis
TV news. Photo (L) was taken recently. Pic (R) is from a 1996
@WMCActionNews5
newscast. THANK YOU for letting me tell your stories, twitter fam. I’m extremely proud to call the 901 my home!❤️
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The secret to our success? Compromise. Be willing to say your sorry, even if you’re not in the wrong. And learn how to forgive. Together for 23 years, married for 17. Happy Anniversary,
@RonChilders
! We’re getting kinda good at this marriage thing, boo!❤️
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Wow! This aerial shot of
@LibertyBowlMem
took my breath away! Shine,
#Memphis
, shine!!!
#GoTigersGo
#SMUvsMemphis
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#Memphis
Police Officer Geoffrey Redd was shot in the head while responding to a call at the White Station Library Thursday.
He’s a newlywed. A father. A son. And a survivor. With a heart of gold, says his pastor.
Learn more about this
#HeroInBlue
NEXT on
@WMCActionNews5
at 10.
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You’re looking at living history. The
@Memphis13
…the first 13 Black children to integrate
#Memphis
City Schools 60 years ago…being honored at tonite’s
@SCSK12Unified
bd meeting. Congrats to them & thank you to their incredibly brave parents for moving this city forward!🙏🏻
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So The Queen of Soul & The King of Rock & Roll died on the same day. Some powerful singing up in Heaven today. RIP
#ArethaFranklin
&
#ElvisPresley
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This is James. Trying to brave this cold
#Memphis
weather sleeping outside. Not gonna happen on my watch. I convinced him to come with me to the Hospitality Hub to stay warm.❤️🙏🏻A live report on how the City is caring for the unhoused tonite NEXT on
@WMCActionNews5
at 10.
#memcold
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#Memphis
was founded on May 22nd, 1819. So what better way to celebrate our beautiful city’s 200TH BIRTHDAY than w/a month long party!
@memphisinmay
announces it will honor MEMPHIS in 2019!
#ilovememphis
〽️🎉〽️🎉〽️🎉〽️
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Your state 🏈 champs, Memphis:
@LausanneLynx
14-0🏆
@EastMustangsFB
1st 🏆 since '99
@trezevantfb
back to back🏆
@WhitehavenTiger
'13 & '16🏆
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When the boss puts out an email announcing you’ve signed a multi-year deal with
@WMCActionNews5
and refers to you by your
@Twitter
handle...😂
#ItsOfficial
#wmc5
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If by married for 19 years you mean dating, then yes, yes he is.😂
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Heartbroken Ben Watson is gone. I worked w/Ben at WMC-TV for 10yrs. We called him “Gentle Ben” b/c he never swore or raised his voice...rare in tv news. I also worked w/both his sons. Ben was so proud of them. My heart hurts for his family. RIP, Ben. You will be missed.❤️🙏🏻
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Crying right now. Viewer question after
@RonChilders
& I did our
@WMCActionNews5
live-shots from our house b/c we’re self-quarantined.
😭😭😭
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Special
#MightyLights
during
@memphisinmay
: the word “Memphis” flashes across the M-bridge!💙
#Memphis
#WCBCC19
#wmc5
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NEW: the Tennessee Department of Health says schools with NO opt-out mask policy -
@SCSK12Unified
in Memphis and
@MetroSchools
in Nashville - have lowest COVID-19 case rates in the state.
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#BREAKING
: We are on Poplar Avenue at Auburndale. The suspect reportedly wrecked the Infiniti and carjacked a gray Toyota SUV. The driver of the SUV is reportedly injured.
@WMCActionNews5
#memphis
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Me: “Stormy, get off the counter.”
Stormy: ...
Me: “I mean it, Stormy. Get down.”
Stormy: ...
Me: “Stormy, don’t move. You look so cute, I’ve got to take a pic!”
🤷🏼♀️😹😹
Happy
#Caturday
!
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Christmas came early...in the form of that illustrious & elusive little blue check. 8 years ago this month I joined
@Twitter
...and today I’m finally verified!🙌🏻🎊🍾
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Perk of reporting live for
@WMCActionNews5
at 10pm in downtown
#Memphis
...catching the
#MightyLights
in action!
#ILoveMemphis
#HappyThanksgiving
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BREAKING NEWS: the
#Memphis
City Council tonight passed an ordinance making wearing a mask mandatory.
The vote comes as Shelby County sees a spike in
#COVID19
cases & TN has a record number of hospitizations, half of which are in Memphis area hospitals.
Council approves mask ordinance 9-4. Canale, Carlisle, Covlett and Morgan vote no.
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.
@BealeStMusicFes
organizers say they had a “capacity crowd” this year. Wow!
#BSMF18
📸: Joe Patty
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UPDATE: picking up equipment from
@WMCActionNews5
so
@RonChilders
& I can broadcast from home for the next 2 weeks. The station put social distancing protocol into effect. Skeleton crew in the building. Others working from home. Let’s do this, team!
#wmc5
#coronavirus
#memphis
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Go, Tigers, Go! The new
@uofmemphis
mural on the railroad bridge over Central Avenue as you near the
@LibertyBowlMem
looks grrreat!🐯💙
#GTG
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There’s no line in the
@ChickfilA
drive-thru. Not a single other car. Am I being punked?!?😳
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The happy your TL needs on a Friday!🐾❤️
This German Shepherd puppy loves Andrea Bocelli’s ‘Time to Say Goodbye’...
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.
@1future
is here! The rapper made a pit stop at the Shelby County penal Farm before he heads down to
@FedExForum
.
#MemphisMadness
is going to be 🔥🔥🔥
#GoTigersGo
📸: Jim Hagmaier
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Happy Birthday to a man who loves his family, his city, and the people who live in it. You are the king of our castle, the Grand Poobah of weather & one of the nicest, funniest, most thoughtful humans on our planet. Love you,
@RonChilders
! Enjoy your special day!!!🎂🎁🎉
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Took time out of my crime reporting duty tonite to pick-up dinner from
@CentralBBQ
to surprise
@RonChilders
. Just got back to the station & discovered he surprised me w/the
@BarBQShop
.😂🐷❤️
My Spanx gon be tight tomorrow!
#memphis
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Happy Birthday to our baby girl! Emily turns 32 today. Still can’t convince her to join twitter. Where did I go wrong as a parent?😂She comes home from NYC for a visit this month.
@RonChilders
& I can’t wait to see her!❤️❤️❤️🎉🎉🎉
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After 23 years together,
@RonChilders
you have proven you are my ride or die guy. And what a ride it’s been! Here’s to many more decades of love & laughter!❤️
#NationalSpousesDay
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So cool! The
#MightyLights
on the M-Bridge say
#HushYall
for the
@WGCFedEx
in
#Memphis
this week!
Runs every half hour thru Sunday nite.💜
#WGCFedEx
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Display of unity! Church pastors from across Memphis coming together for a prayer service in front of the AutoZone store on Jackson where MPD says the shooting spree suspect shot one of his victims.❤️🙏🏻
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Just because you can DM me, doesn’t mean you should. I’m not your best friend, your therapist or your mother. My twitter account is not the bat phone & you are not Commissioner Gordon. I tweet this message with L-O-V-E...
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Tremendously sad news: the man known to thousands of Mid-South children as “Mr. Magic” on the WMC show “Magicland” has passed away. Dick Williams was 92.
I know many of you have fond memories of watching his show on tv or here in the studio. Please feel free to share them.❤️🙏🏻
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The Grindfather’s new digs in Germantown are gorgeous! Tony Allen & his wife bought this 8,000 sq ft house last month for $1.1 million. So glad TA’s staying put in the
#Memphis
area.🐻💙
Story via:
@MBJMemphis
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Many days I spend more time w/this young man, than I do w/the hubs
@RonChilders
. He’s the reason my stories come to life on tv. Twitter fam, plz help me wish
@WMCActionNews5
photog
@TerranceM_Smith
a Happy Birthday!!!
🎉🎥🎉📺🎉🎥🎉
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Their faces when Will Smith walks out!😂And gives all 600 MLK Prep students a
@newbalance
goodie bag.😳And when Ellen announces each young man gets a $10,000 check...WOW! See kids, kindness really does pay off. Way to represent
#Memphis
.💙
Kristopher and Antwain surprised their classmate, and I wanted to surprise them with Will Smith.
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So cool! The M-Bridge really showing out for
#901Day
.
Watch for the Grizz eyes at the end…
🐻〽️💙
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Girl power! This
@Delta
flight crew is a mother-daughter team. A passenger took this pic of Captain Wendy Rexon & First Officer Kelly Rexon after a flight from LAX to ATL. Dad & another sis are also pilots. Let’s hear it for the ladies!
📸: Dr. John R. Watret
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The wall outside
@VisitGraceland
in
#Memphis
where
#Elvis
fans write their names and tributes to The King was vandalized overnite.
#BlackLivesMatter
#DefundMPD
#AbolishIce
&
#BreonnaTaylor
were spray painted all over the wall.
📸:
@BriseidaHolguin
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Look at that smile! Congrats to former
@MemphisFB
star
@Tp__5
on his 1st
@NFL
touchdown! Many more to come!!!
#GoTigersGo
#CowboysNation
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Ok sports experts...could ZBo play one game with the Grizzlies and retire a Grizz like Emmit Smith did with the Cowboys? Genuinely curious...🐻💙
#GNGForever
Zach Randolph says he’s ending his comeback plans and will retire from the NBA after 17 seasons.
Salute, Z-Bo.
(via
@TMZ_Sports
)
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Look at that crowd! Watch all the cell phone lights come on as the guitar drops on Beale Street at midnight. Happy New Year from
#Memphis
!!!
〽️🎸🎊
📸:
@WMCActionNews5
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#BREAKING
: Memphis police have Poplar Avenue eastbound blocked at Cleveland. Suspect is believed to have car jacked somebody at Poplar and evergreen.
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That chin and the white hair are unmistakable.
@jayleno
has been spotted in downtown
#Memphis
today! Welcome to our fine city, Mr. Leno! 📸:
@AriannaWMC5
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Waiting by that conveyor belt for your goodies to come out...😍
Who Remembers Service Merchandise? (1934-2002)
#ServiceMerchandise
#Shopping
#Clothing
#Clothes
#Toys
#Music
#Movies
#VideoGames
#Fashion
#Jewelry
#Electronics
#Movies
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Been to a lot of
@memgrizz
games, but never watched one at
@malcotheatres
drive-in. This is a PARTY! Join the fun on
@WMCActionNews5
tonight at 10.
#GoGrizzGo
#GrzNxtGen
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You can see yourself out now, 2020...we’ve had enough💔
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Fun
@ShelbyFarmsPark
Facts:
•4500 acres
•Larger than Central Park
•Hosts 2 million visitors a year
•40 miles of trails & 20 lakes
•A zip line course
•100 acre off-leash dog park
•Laser tag
•Horseback riding
•Canoes, kayaks & paddleboards
•The best sunsets!
#ILoveMemphis
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@kobebryant
on
@jimmyfallon
2nite: "Tony
@aa000G9
Allen is the toughest defender I've ever had to go against. He was absolutely tenacious."🔥
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MORE: the judge says sentencing will take place in 8 weeks. State asked bail be revoked. Judge agrees. Chauvin will go back to prison.
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My mood is jammy pants & Netflix but the
@WMCActionNews5
Holiday party
@MinglewoodHall
is tonight. Wrapped up in grandma’s mink and wearing 80’s hair. Let’s do this!🎉🎉🎉
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For those who’ve been waiting to exhale for a long time now, this was a good day in America.🇺🇸
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Namastay. Namasit. Namarollover. 🐾❤️
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Did a double take while driving down Park Avenue in Orange Mound. The street is lined w/giant snowflakes on the light poles, just like Poplar Avenue. The Mound looks so festive!
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
#Memphis
#MemHolidays
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BREAKING:
@MEM_PoliceDept
assisting
@USMarshalsHQ
after a shooting in Frayser in 2000 block of Durham. MPD handling traffic control. No MPD officer was involved in the shooting.
@TVKelliC
@brandonhlauuu
&
@TerranceM_Smith
on scene for
@WMCActionNews5
.
#Memphis
#wmc5
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Oh my heart! 175 families received phone calls this week, telling them their layaway balances at the
@Burlington
at Eastgate are paid in full!
For the 5th year now,
#Memphis
businessman Avron Fogelman played Santa & generously took care of their accounts.
Happy Holidays!
🎄❤️🙏🏻
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Twitter fam..plz help me congratulate
@WMCActionNews5
intern
@Brendan_Bewise
. He just graduated
@WesternKentucky
!
•B’s 1st one from his high school class & his family to graduate a 4-yr college
•He finished in 3 1/2 years
•Earning a 3.2 GPA
So proud of this young man!🎓🙏🏻🎉
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That moment when your carport is transformed into a
#FirstAlert
Weather Center. Chief Meteorologist
@RonChilders
utilizing the power of the
@WMCActionNews5
Storm Tracker technology to bring critical wx reports to you from our home. Very clever!
#COVID19
#wmc5
#memphis
#StayHome
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S/O to the crooks who went on a shopping spree w/my stolen credit card to Kroger, Walgreens, Exxon & Auto Zone. Hope u & ur family, friends & neighbors truly needed all those items. Last 10 tries tho...declined. Card is DOA. You used it in person? Can’t wait to see the videos.😏
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Posting the letter the
@USPS
sent to Tennessee
@sectrehargett
about possible issues that could arise with delivery times for absentee ballots isn’t a conspiracy theory, Kelly. It’s information.
#Vote2020
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No three hour tours for any of these boats docked in
#Memphis
. There’s no water in the marina b/c of the low
#MississippiRiver
level.
📸: Kelly Jones
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#NOW
at the
@BrooksMuseum
in Midtown
#Memphis
: a new outdoor art installation called
#Evanescent
- a light & sound experience that fills your heart & mind w/ joy & happiness! Day or night, it’s gorgeous!!🙌🏻
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Hello, Perkins...you beautiful, newly paved road, you. Smooth, quiet ride. No bumps. No potholes. More of this, please,
#Memphis
!🙌🏻
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I was definitely a late bloomer. This clip of me doing the news in 1992 at the age of 25 proves it. The hair, the clothes, the high-pitched voice and that uncontrollable blinking...😳🤦🏼♀️😂
#FlashbackFriday
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Can relate. There’s Memphis, and then there’s Tennessee.
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Sleep well, Memphis. We have more work to do tomorrow.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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Tears in my eyes watching the
@StaxAcademy
students from
#Memphis
perform on Ellen’s
@GreatestNight
of Giveaways!❤️And Ellen DeGeneres just gave the school $250,000! Incredible!!!🎙🎶
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