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: 1 hour ago
|By Patrick Phillips
Family members of a missing girl from Orangeburg will hold a news conference Monday morning as the search for the child is continuing.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
The Berkeley County School Board has named a 40-year veteran of education in the county as its deputy superintendent.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
The State Law Enforcement Division says a Lake City man is facing nine charges in connection with a Nov. 17 standoff.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and Republican leaders at the state and federal levels descended on Mount Pleasant Monday to celebrate the completion of the Port of Charleston’s $600 million deepening project.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is responding to a crash involving a Berkeley County school bus
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
A judge sentenced a 23-year-old North Charleston man who entered a guilty plea to a charge related to the sexual exploitation of a minor.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
The Williamsburg County Coroner has identified the body found in the Kingstree area on Friday afternoon.
Updated: Dec. 4, 2022 at 6:32 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Dylan Leatherwood
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash on Wadmalaw Island.
Updated: Dec. 4, 2022 at 11:34 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Charleston Police say a malfunction involving gates that closed one of the Ashley River Bridges has been corrected.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2022 at 1:15 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Police say a 9-year-old girl reported missing from Mount Pleasant has been found safe.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2022 at 7:47 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Fort Dorchester High School will take on Dutch Fork High School in the 5-A State Championship in Columbia Saturday.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2022 at 6:36 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Mount Pleasant Police released a surveillance image of a man they are searching for in connection with a Friday afternoon bank robbery.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 5:27 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police have arrested a teenager in connection with a deadly shooting at an apartment complex back in May.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 5:16 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys met briefly Friday afternoon in a Richland County courtroom in a pretrial hearing for former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 4:38 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A family-owned steel and metal manufacturer has announced plans to expand its operations in Charleston County.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 4:23 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Summerville Police say the suspect in a fatal September shooting at a Summerville barber shop has been returned to South Carolina to face charges.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 10:42 AM EST
|By Jeffrey Collins and Patrick Phillips
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is turning to an experienced friend to lead January’s inauguration ceremonies for his second term.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 10:02 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said a woman they had been searching for from the Burton area has been located.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 5:52 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Beaufort County deputies say the man suspected of killing a woman whose remains were discovered last month died Thursday afternoon as deputies searched for him.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 3:28 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Dominion Energy says electricity is back on for thousands of its customers in the Summerville and Knightsville areas of Dorchester County.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 12:09 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Dorchester District 2 officials say a secure hold at Summerville High School was lifted about 90 minutes after it was put in place.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 12:04 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Charleston County School District officials say their information technology department is working to resolve a district-wide phone and internet outage.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 10:52 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a woman who has not been seen since August.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 10:12 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Firefighters in Beaufort County freed a driver who was trapped in an SUV that crashed head-on with a van.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 5:53 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Steven Ardary
A man has been charged after leading deputies on a pursuit across two counties with speeds reaching more than 100 mph Tuesday night.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 4:17 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Dorchester County high school football standout killed in a shooting earlier this month on the University of Virginia campus will be laid to rest Wednesday morning.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 1:46 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Orangeburg County Coroner’s Office has identified the remains found in the Eutawville area earlier this month.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 8:54 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an 18-year-old man.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 7:15 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police have released an image of a person they are trying to locate in connection with a sexual assault investigation.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 7:14 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Dorchester County deputies are investigating a Tuesday afternoon shooting that sent a child to the hospital.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 5:16 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Authorities say a missing person case has become a homicide investigation after skeletal remains discovered in the Bluffton area have been identified.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 3:44 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A Charleston man is facing a pair of charges connected with an attempt to sexually exploit an underage child, the state’s attorney general’s office says.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 3:03 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The two lanes blocked Tuesday afternoon by a vehicle fire on I-26 have reopened to traffic.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 4:11 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Charleston County deputies are investigating a shooting that injured a man who was driving on Johns Island Monday night.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 11:35 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The family of a missing 5-year-old Orangeburg County child says all they want is to bring her home.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 11:26 PM EST
|By Dani Birzer and Patrick Phillips
Three members of a Charleston area family died the day before Thanksgiving in a rollover crash in Arizona, authorities have confirmed.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 10:45 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police say they are continuing to investigate reports of an alleged sexual assault on Thanksgiving Day at the Danny Jones Recreational Complex.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 8:48 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The defense team representing former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh have filed a motion demanding documents and files related to a key piece of evidence in Murdaugh’s upcoming murder trial.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 5:44 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston Animal Society is offering a $5,000 reward after someone stole a pot-bellied pig being cared for at the Charleston Animal Society over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 5:40 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A judge sentenced a man who entered a guilty plea in a 2019 North Charleston armed robbery attempt that ended in a deadly shooting.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 3:51 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Charleston Police say they have cleared power lines that forced the closure of all lanes of Savannah Highway Monday afternoon.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 2:38 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Charleston County deputies continue searching for leads in a shooting that sent a McClellanville man to the hospital.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 6:41 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Melissa Rademaker
A group that includes clergy, teachers, parents, and community leaders is asking Gov. Henry McMaster to step in after the Berkeley County School Board fired its superintendent.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 12:35 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Troopers are responding to a crash in the eastbound lanes of I-26 just before the merge with I-526.
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. 22, 2022 at 3:29 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Police say a 16-year-old girl has been located safe.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 12:43 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a crash shortly after midnight Tuesday killed a pedestrian in Berkeley County.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 6:15 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with a shooting that left one man dead.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 4:26 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Marissa Lute
The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office has identified a homicide victim whose body was found in a home in Goose Creek Friday night.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 1:05 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Thanksgiving is the busiest time of year at the Charleston International Airport, but airport officials say simple steps can keep your plans on schedule.
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