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: 11 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
Prosecutors have filed a response to a second motion for a new trial filed by a former Lowcountry banker who was convicted on multiple charges.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Dylan Leatherwood and Patrick Phillips
Newly filed documents show the sale of the Murdaugh’s Colleton County property has been finalized at two-thirds of the original listing price.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
Firefighters are working to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a home and burned two acres of land in Awendaw Thursday.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
The Transportation Security Administration officially considers peanut butter a liquid.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 6:35 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division released new details Wednesday afternoon, a day after attorneys for the family of a man killed in Hampton County said the case was now being considered a homicide.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 4:54 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A federal jury convicted a Cedartown, Georgia, man of conspiring with four others in a January 2021 $1.9 million staged armed robbery.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 4:49 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston Police Department is asking the public to be on the lookout for a 16-year-old who was reported missing on Tuesday.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 2:36 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Mount Pleasant Police Department issued its plans for street closures scheduled for the Cooper River Bridge Run on April 1.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 2:05 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Public Library is less than a month away from the opening of its new 20,000-square-foot branch in North Charleston.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:22 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to be on the lookout for a vehicle stolen earlier this month.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 3:17 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office is helping prevent thefts of high-dollar property with a special trailer stamping event.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 7:10 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office has identified the Goose Creek teen who was fatally shot at an apartment complex Friday.
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. 20, 2023 at 2:21 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A metal processing company is planning to relocate from Kentucky to a facility in Moncks Corner, the South Carolina governor’s office says.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 1:32 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office says a woman who had been reported missing Monday morning has been found safe.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 8:16 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Georgetown County deputies say a 75-year-old man is facing charges for robbing a bank in Aynor.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 7:27 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The fire chief of Summerville Fire & Rescue is stepping down after 30 years of fire service.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 1:58 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Police say a Hanahan man who had been reported missing earlier on Monday has been found in a wooded area where an active search was underway.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 1:45 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office says a Hanahan man died early Sunday morning in a shooting in the North Charleston area.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 1:40 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the 64-year-old man killed late Sunday night in a crash on Savannah Highway.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 11:49 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose 13.1 cents over the past week, reaching a new average not seen since Jan. 30.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 11:14 AM EDT
|By Dylan Leatherwood and Patrick Phillips
State lawmaker and attorney Marvin Pendarvis released a statement Monday morning stating he does not plan to run to become the next mayor of North Charleston.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 9:22 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The man who formed and led the now-defunct South Carolina Secessionist Party is facing charges in connection with the vandalization of a Ukrainian flag on display in downtown Charleston.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 9:15 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Meredith Blair
For the first time in nearly 30 years, Keith Summey won’t be on the ballot for mayor of North Charleston in the next election.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 12:03 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has named the person he wants to lead the state agency dedicated to getting South Carolina workers employed.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 11:52 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing convicted killer Alex Murdaugh have filed the first step to appeal his conviction for the murders of his wife and son, court documents state.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 4:23 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office says a Kingstree man is facing charges in a Sunday shooting.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 12:34 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston Police Department has located a missing 15-year-old girl.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 12:26 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Firefighters responded Thursday morning to a fire involving a large forklift at the Wando Terminal Ports.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 11:42 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Berkeley County Coroner has identified the pedestrian who was struck and killed Tuesday night in Berkeley County.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 11:43 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Readers of Southern Living magazine have given the Holy City another top ranking in its annual South’s Best Awards.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 10:24 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A paper tube manufacturer plans to establish its first-ever South Carolina operations in Williamsburg County, the governor’s office announced Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 5:19 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office says a middle school student is facing charges in connection with making threats.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 5:16 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
State Sen. Dick Harpootlian, who represented convicted killer Alex Murdaugh in his murder trial, took the floor of the state Senate Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 10:58 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police are investigating a deadly shooting at a shopping center Monday afternoon.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 6:42 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Dylan Leatherwood
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has identified a 44-year-old man killed in a Saturday crash on Rivers Avenue.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 5:47 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has identified a 21-year-old man who was killed in a single-car crash on Wadmalaw Island.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 8:50 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Jeffrey Collins and James Pollard
The judge in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial has passed his sentence a day after a jury convicted the disbarred Lowcountry attorney of murdering his wife and son.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 2:28 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Hanahan Police say a 15-year-old girl who was reported missing on Tuesday has been found safe.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 8:02 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Anna Harris
North Charleston Police have charged a man with more than a dozen counts after investigating claims he had touched underage girls without their consent.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 2:40 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Jonathan Drew & Michael Kunzelman
If there’s one thing most people in the Lowcountry seemed to agree on this week, it was the judge who presided over the Alex Murdaugh murder trial.
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 8:23 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Dylan Leatherwood
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has identified a 24-year-old man who died after being shot in downtown Charleston Thursday.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 6:16 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A South Carolina State University student was injured in an overnight shooting on campus, the college confirmed.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 1:23 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A crash in the eastbound lanes of I-526 is causing a traffic backup of at least four miles.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 6:26 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
While most of your Friday will be dry and warm, winds will pick up and a slight chance of storms will be possible by the overnight hours.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 11:29 PM EST
|By Rey Llerena and Patrick Phillips
Former Vice President Mike Pence was in the Lowcountry Thursday to hold a roundtable discussion with multiple law enforcement leaders in North Charleston.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 7:11 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol and Michal Higdon
The jury in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial has convicted the disbarred Lowcountry attorney with the murders of his wife and son.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 6:44 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol, Michal Higdon and Patrick Phillips
Alex Murdaugh’s defense team used closing arguments in his double-murder trial to make a plea to jurors and claim Murdaugh was the only target for state agents.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 5:08 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A Ravenel man is facing charges in connection with a shooting Monday in the Hollywood area.