Patrick Phillips
Digital Content Manager
Charleston, SC
Patrick is the digital content manager for Live 5 News in Charleston.
He joined the Live 5 News team in October 2006 and has been managing the station's website since March 2014.
He began his broadcasting career in 1991 at WLTX-TV in Columbia and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Broadcasting.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 11:57 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Patrick Phillips
Former President Donald Trump took the stage at a campaign event in Summerville Monday predicting a record-breaking win in the South Carolina Primary as he campaigned for a second term as commander-in-chief.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 12:39 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The man who served Charleston and Dorchester Counties for nearly a quarter-century in the State House has died.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 5:10 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A federal judge granted a motion that would postpone the start of a prison sentence for a former Lowcountry bank CEO.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 8:32 AM EDT
|By Pilar Briggs, Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Emily Johnson
Joint Base Charleston confirmed Monday night that found a debris field now believed to be the site of an F-35 crash two hours northeast of the base.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 7:00 PM EDT
|By Pilar Briggs, Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Emily Johnson
Teams from various federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies worked together to locate the U.S. Marine Corps F-35B.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and James Pollard
A judge has sentenced the former South Carolina attorney who pleaded guilty to state charges ranging from breach of trust with fraudulent intent, money laundering and criminal conspiracy.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 12:25 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Witnesses reported a waterspout that touched down in the Kiawah Island area Sunday morning during quick-moving storms in the area.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2023 at 4:41 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
Murdaugh was convicted and sentenced in March for the shooting deaths of his wife and their son at the family’s hunting property.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2023 at 11:20 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh will reveal details of a motion they intend to file that seeks a new trial.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2023 at 4:12 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
More than two months after a mother and her 2-year-old son disappeared, multiple agencies including the FBI are searching for them.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 12:25 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute and Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a car with a deceased person inside was pulled from a pond Friday night.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2023 at 8:37 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will meet voters this Thursday during a presidential campaign stop.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2023 at 11:04 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to be on the lookout for a car reportedly being driven by two teenage escapees.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 6:29 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremonial signing of a bill that permanently reauthorizes South Carolina’s First Steps program at the State House Thursday
Updated: Aug. 5, 2023 at 5:09 AM EDT
|By Emily Johnson, Michal Higdon and Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office met a court-imposed deadline to turn over jailhouse calls involving a suspect in a deadly crash that killed a newlywed bride on Folly Beach.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 2:01 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Blair Sabol
The family of a newlywed bride killed in a crash hours after her wedding on Folly Beach said a judge’s decision to deny bond for a woman accused in the crash is a weight off their shoulders.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2023 at 4:25 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Orangeburg Department of Public Safety confirmed Friday afternoon it has located a woman reported kidnapped early Friday morning.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2023 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By Anna Harris and Patrick Phillips
A 9-year-old South Carolina boy who is battling sickle cell disease, received a big surprise in downtown Charleston Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2023 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Two massage parlor owners face charges of operating brothels after the Charleston Police Human Trafficking Task Force investigated three businesses, police say.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2023 at 5:43 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Thomas Gruel
Live 5 News filed a lawsuit Thursday over the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office’s refusal to release jail video calls made by a suspect in a deadly DUI crash that killed a newlywed in April.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2023 at 7:29 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina Republicans voted Saturday to set the state’s 2024 presidential primary in late February.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2023 at 1:49 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Emily Johnson
The city of Charleston dedicated a garden Saturday morning to one of the nine victims killed in a mass shooting at a downtown church in 2015.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2023 at 6:58 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has issued an executive order to establish a group that will make sure the Palmetto State will be able to meet the needs of the state’s growing population and industries.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 6:48 PM EDT
|By Mary Green, Patrick Phillips and Steven Ardary
Gov. Henry McMaster is calling on state lawmakers to create stiffer penalties for illegal gun possession and reform the state’s bond process.
Updated: May. 31, 2023 at 4:14 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh entered a plea Wednesday afternoon during an initial appearance in Charleston on 22 federal charges.
Updated: May. 28, 2023 at 10:29 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Cookouts are a common part of holiday celebrations and Sunday coincides with an American favorite: the hamburger.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 4:10 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Rey Llerena
After a search that spanned two counties, a wanted man on multiple charges was arrested late Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 11:49 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
The convicted murderer is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, one count of bank fraud, a total of five counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 14 counts of money laundering.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 8:52 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Blair Sabol
The family of a mother and her two daughters who were killed in a Mother’s Day 2022 crash involving a Charleston County deputy are speaking to reporters Wednesday morning.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 12:43 PM EDT
|By James Pollard and Patrick Phillips
Three female Democrats from the South Carolina House of Representatives vowed to fight against an abortion ban ahead of a special session ordered by Gov. Henry McMaster Tuesday.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 5:32 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Tickets are now on sale for the chance to see Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band perform this Saturday on Daniel Island.
Updated: May. 13, 2023 at 1:53 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A circuit judge denied a motion filed by an attorney of convicted killer Alex Murdaugh that sought attorney’s fees to cover his appeal.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 12:19 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The state of South Carolina will receive $2.2 million from a multistate settlement against the maker of TurboTax tax preparation software, the state’s attorney general says.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 5:54 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston Animal Society says there’s a simple reason a missing pet found its way home a decade after it disappeared.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 2:07 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson, Nikki Hauser, Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Debra Worley
The driver accused of crashing into a golf cart and killing a bride just hours after her wedding reception was very unsteady and almost fell when asked to complete a field sobriety test, authorities said.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 4:33 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Folly Beach, nicknamed “The Edge of America” is in the running for a big honor among southern beaches.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 5:32 PM EDT
|By Blair Sabol, Steven Ardary, Dylan Leatherwood and Patrick Phillips
The family of a Charleston man murdered in 2002 will speak at the State House in Columbia Tuesday morning to demand lawmakers take up a judicial reform package this year.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 5:26 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The latest employment data released by the state shows the number of workers in the state increased to more than 2.3 million.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 7:19 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A judge did not issue a ruling Monday on a request to dismiss a lawsuit against three of the six defendants named in a lawsuit involving disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2023 at 8:12 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Blair Sabol
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that the man accused of conspiring with former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh has been released from jail.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Anna Harris
A judge has granted bond for the man indicted with convicted killer Alex Murdaugh on multiple charges last summer.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing the mother of Stephen Smith have announced a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for Smith’s death.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2023 at 5:26 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has been moved to the statewide protective custody unit of a South Carolina maximum security prison.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 7:02 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has ruled the December death of an inmate as a homicide.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 10:12 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins and James Pollard
The defense attorneys who represented disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh during his murder trial plan to speak with reporters Friday morning.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 3:44 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Jordan Gartner
Authorities the man is facing more than a dozen assault charges for inappropriately touching young girls.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 12:09 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
Disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh received two consecutive life sentences Friday morning.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 5:46 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Gray News staff
The 12 jurors and two alternate jurors assembled Wednesday morning for a trip to the Colleton County property where Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot to death in June of 2021.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 11:35 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Benedict Collete in Columbia Monday to discuss efforts to increase broadband access.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 8:00 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in South Carolina dipped below the $3-mark over the last week, falling 4.5 cents over last week’s average.