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: Nov. 22, 2022 at 7:21 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
People who live in Charleston, Georgetown and Horry Counties can apply for federal aid if their property was damaged from Hurricane Ian.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2022 at 11:59 PM EST
|By Raphael James and Patrick Phillips
On a mission preaching forgiveness, a Charleston minister whose wife was one of nine victims of the 2015 shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church will lead a prayer march through the Holy City on Sunday.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 6:22 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Kevin Bilodeau
Authorities have confirmed a former Woodland High School student was one of three University of Virginia students killed Sunday night in a shooting on campus.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2022 at 11:00 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
When it comes to desserts, South Carolina is home to one of Oprah Winfrey’s favorites.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 7:01 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
In newly filed court documents, the state’s attorney general has provided the Alex Murdaugh defense team with critical information about the deaths of Murdaugh’s wife and son.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 4:22 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol, Nick Reagan and Patrick Phillips
A state circuit court judge mostly sided with the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office Thursday, denying motions filed by the defense team of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 5:45 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing prominent former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh are asking that a request for their client’s alibi in his murder trial be stricken.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 11:33 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh have filed a new motion seeking evidence from prosecutors before he goes on trial for murder in January.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The trial of disgraced former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh has moved up one week according to court documents filed Friday.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2022 at 11:53 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston Police Department said a pair of separate shootings late Saturday night left an adult and a boy injured.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2022 at 12:18 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Orangeburg County deputies are searching for a teen they say attacked a convenience store clerk after she was not allowed to purchase tobacco.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Dylan Leatherwood
North Charleston Police have released the name of a bus driver who struck a high school student and then crashed into a store Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 12:18 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Charleston County deputies are investigating a possible case of animal cruelty involving a chihuahua puppy found in a plastic storage bin Tuesday, the Charleston Animal Society said.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 10:03 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police arrested a man Tuesday who faces multiple charges after being accused of hacking into an Upstate city’s Verizon account and ordering thousands of dollars in cell phones.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 7:35 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing a consulting company say they are taking legal action against former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh and Bank of America.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 7:22 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The former chief executive officer of Palmetto State Bank indicted on multiple charges will appear before a federal judge in November.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 1:45 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Dylan Leatherwood
Prosecutors have filed a motion asking the defense attorneys for former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh to share the evidence they will use in his defense.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 11:30 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips, Michal Higdon and Emilie Zuhowski
Berkeley County deputies say no arrest has been made so far in a double shooting at a Ladson office of the Department of Motor Vehicles, despite a photo of an apparent arrest being shared online.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 4:06 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The National Federation of Independent Business is throwing its weight behind Republican Gov. Henry McMaster.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 9:04 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremonial signing Thursday for a bill that provides state employees with paid family leave for the birth, adoption or fostering of a child.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 12:13 PM EDT
|By Dylan Leatherwood, Steven Ardary and Patrick Phillips
The Hanahan Police Department confirmed Thursday morning that police have found a 7-year-old girl reported as a kidnapping victim.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 7:14 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Lawyers for Parker’s Corporation are asking for a separate trial in a wrongful death lawsuit.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 4:13 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Alex Murdaugh’s defense team says prosecutors have audio and video recordings taken a short time before Murdaugh’s wife and son were shot to death.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 8:28 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Nick Reagan
Former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh faces new indictments, bringing the total number of charges against him to 90, the state’s attorney general announced Friday morning.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 1:12 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Emily Van de Riet
A 5-year-old boy in South Carolina lost part of his leg and part of his hand in a lawn mower accident.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 7:27 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A Savannah man is out on bond after police say he assaulted a pregnant woman.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 4:15 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden arrived in Charleston County Wednesday afternoon for a vacation on Kiawah Island.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 1:29 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The family who filed a civil suit against former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh released a statement on Murdaugh’s request to postpone that suit in court.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 11:54 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh are asking a Hampton County judge to delay a lawsuit filed by the family of a teen killed in a boating crash.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 7:12 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina’s attorney general says the state is joining a newly-formed group to fight robocallers and protect consumers.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 5:51 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Prices in South Carolina are 61.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 80.5 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 11:07 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Blair Sabol
Former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded not guilty to state charges that he murdered his wife and son.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 7:59 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and The Associated Press
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of South Carolina jurist Michelle Childs to sit on the federal court typically seen as a proving ground for the nation’s highest bench.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 5:23 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says it has charged an Orangeburg man with multiple charges in a June shooting in Bamberg County.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 4:06 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Mount Pleasant Police say a four-year-old child who fell out of a four-story window at a Mount Pleasant apartment complex has died.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 5:21 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The mother of a 19-year-old found dead in 2015 said the grand jury indictment of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh in the killings of his own wife and son gives her hope for justice for her son’s case.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 11:35 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Colleton County Grand Jury handed down indictments Thursday morning against former attorney Alex Murdaugh in the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his wife and son.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 1:07 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has been charged with murder in the 2021 deaths of his wife and son.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 5:26 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Supreme Court released an order Tuesday disbaring former attorney Alex Murdaugh as faces dozens of criminal charges.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 10:24 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A committee of state lawmakers will hold its first meeting next week as it begins work that could further limit abortion in the Palmetto State.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 8:33 PM EDT
|By Mary Green and Patrick Phillips
A federal judge has lifted a block on South Carolina’s so-called “fetal heartbeat bill” in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2022 at 7:15 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The man accused in an insurance plot involving prominent Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh has been arrested.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 6:16 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh has waived his rights to a hearing before the Supreme Court of South Carolina on being disbarred.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a dog attack that injured an elderly woman.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 11:37 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is continuing a months-long search for a missing teenager.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 7:43 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Colleton County deputies are investigating an early-morning shooting at a nightclub in the Walterboro area that left two people dead and two others wounded.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2022 at 8:03 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina’s Democratic candidate for governor announced Saturday he has tested positive for COVID four days after his primary victory.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 11:45 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips, Anna Harris, Melissa Rademaker and Dylan Leatherwood
As faith groups across the state and the nation commemorate seven years since the Charleston church shooting, Mother Emanuel AME, the site of the tragedy, kicked off a weekend of special events and a nationwide Bible study.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 6:29 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Blair Sabol
The family of the woman who served as the housekeeper to a prominent Lowcountry attorney’s family for two decades is announcing the formation of a charity to help the community.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 6:40 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Meg Kinnard
Lowcountry voters are selecting between an incumbent who defied former President Donald Trump and a challenger who received his endorsement in the First Congressional District race.
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