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. 28, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh will learn Tuesday whether a judge accepts a plea deal and a negotiated sentence on financial crime charges.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 7:12 PM EST
|By Emily Johnson and Patrick Phillips
Presidential candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley made a campaign stop in Bluffton on Monday.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 6:42 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh is expected back in court this week to learn how long he will spend in prison after a plea deal on financial crime charges.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2023 at 3:13 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Steven Ardary
Former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh has agreed to enter guilty pleas to several financial crimes as part of a plea agreement, prosecutors said Friday
Updated: Nov. 16, 2023 at 3:21 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Court documents indicate the judge who presided over the murder trial for convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has asked for a new judge to be assigned to handle post-trial motions related to the case.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2023 at 9:18 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Jordan Gartner
Attorneys representing Alex Murdaugh want the judge who presided over his murder trial removed from all future trials and hearings.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2023 at 3:12 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The defense representing convicted killer and disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh wants the judge who presided over his murder trial removed from all future trials and hearings.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2023 at 3:06 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Emily Johnson
The Berkeley County Coroner says a 65-year-old man died Tuesday afternoon after being mauled to death by dogs at a Moncks Corner mobile home park.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2023 at 7:35 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The family of a missing mother and her 2-year-old son hoped they would be reunited Saturday in time for the woman’s 21st birthday.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2023 at 4:59 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Georgetown Police Department says a four-legged officer is joining its ranks.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2023 at 5:26 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Law enforcement will soon have an extra tool to prosecute drivers who fail to stop for school buses as state law requires.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2023 at 7:20 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Caitlin Ashbaugh
A North Charleston Police officer’s quick thinking is being credited for helping save the life of a two-year-old girl who fell out of a moving vehicle on Interstate 26 earlier this month.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2023 at 10:21 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The United States Geological Survey has confirmed an earthquake struck Friday afternoon in the Midlands.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2023 at 9:17 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
State leaders believe a new law will make healthcare more accessible and affordable for South Carolinians.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2023 at 10:05 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division praised the K-9 officer shot dead Thursday afternoon during the search for a shooting suspect on Johns Island.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2023 at 8:31 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute, Steven Ardary and Patrick Phillips
The man who led multiple law enforcement agencies on a 26-hour manhunt on Johns Island was fatally shot shortly after he killed a K-9 officer Thursday afternoon, the chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2023 at 2:31 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office says a Charleston County Sheriff’s deputy wounded Wednesday night during the search for a shooting suspect has been released from the hospital.
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. 24, 2023 at 11:50 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an early-morning armed robbery at a grocery store.
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. 15, 2023 at 7:01 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office says a 37-year-old woman has been charged in a Friday morning assault of an underage girl.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 5:46 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Former President Donald Trump will visit the Summerville area in less than two weeks.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys who represent convicted killer Alex Murdaugh have filed a motion for a new trial amid allegations the Colleton County clerk of court tampered with the jury during Murdaugh’s six-week trial earlier this year.
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. 3, 2023 at 1:08 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Meredith Blair
A devoted group of Jimmy Buffett fans gathered to pay tribute to the legendary Margaritaville singer on Saturday evening.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2023 at 7:20 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Georgetown County Coroner’s Office identified an 80-year-old man as the victim of a crash Thursday involving a downed tree.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 6:54 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
With the possibility of tropical storm-force winds, and even hurricane-force winds in parts of the Lowcountry, power outages are a possibility.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 3:25 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety says it will increase the number of patrols on the roads ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2023 at 6:29 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremonial signing Wednesday morning for a bill to provide paid parental leave for school district employees in South Carolina.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2023 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Rey Llerena
Isle of Palms Police say they identified a Summerville High School senior as the sole gunman in a shooting that sent five people to the hospital in April.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2023 at 5:52 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control confirmed two dogs were exposed to a bat that tested positive for rabies in downtown Charleston.
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. 8, 2023 at 5:59 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Highway Patrol says one person died Monday night in a Berkeley County crash.
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 8:11 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that adds fentanyl-related substances to the list of controlled substances and creates a felony offense for trafficking it.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 11:05 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Palmetto State’s three-day sales tax holiday begins this Friday in time for back-to-school shoppers.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2023 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Summerville Police have confirmed the grandmother of a 2-year-old boy who drowned in a community pond earlier this month has been charged in connection with the drowning.
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 7:32 PM EDT
|By Mary Green and Patrick Phillips
With school set to begin in weeks, a new South Carolina law should make it easier for students to add sunscreen to their backpacks.
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: Jul. 22, 2023 at 1:48 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute and Patrick Phillips
Officials in Pennsylvania said they believe they have found the body of a missing 2-year-old from Charleston who was killed in a flash flood.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2023 at 6:01 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The man who leads the state’s Department of Employment and Workforce reported good news for the Palmetto State based on June numbers Friday.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2023 at 5:27 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Meg Kinnard
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis detailed a five-point plan for the military to accomplish what he describes as reversing the decline of the nation.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2023 at 6:34 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The convicted killer who was captured more than two months after the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed his early release from prison is back in custody at the state’s Department of Corrections.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2023 at 6:21 AM EDT
|By Dylan Leatherwood, Blair Sabol and Patrick Phillips
State police say a South Carolina fugitive is back in custody after being arrested by authorities in New York.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2023 at 4:10 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster signed a new law Wednesday morning designed to strengthen the state’s DUI laws.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2023 at 8:02 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Caitlin Ashbaugh
The family of a James Island woman who was found severely injured on June 21 says a reward for information has nearly tripled in a week.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2023 at 9:07 PM EDT
|By Anna Harris, Patrick Phillips and James Pollard
The future of abortion in South Carolina will be back in the hands of the state’s highest court Tuesday.