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: 3 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
A North Charleston Police officer who was responding to a reported shooting collided with another vehicle Tuesday afternoon, killing the second vehicle’s driver, state troopers say.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
A judge sentenced a Georgetown County man who entered a guilty plea on a charge related to an investigation into child pornography.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a woman missing since Sunday night.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
Deputies investigating a deadly shooting last month have named a person of interest they are looking for.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the man killed Sunday in a crash on Johns Island.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
Georgetown County authorities confirmed four people were injured in a ski boat crash Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
A 64-year-old man died Monday afternoon in a head-on crash.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 5:59 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Special events around the Independence Day weekend will give you the chance to show off your patriotism and celebrate America’s 246th birthday.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 4:32 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A severe thunderstorm warning for two Lowcountry counties expired at 4:15 p.m. as storms moved through.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2022 at 7:40 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has identified the two victims in a crash that police say started with an overnight pursuit of an underage, unlicensed driver and ended in a crash near the Charleston International Airport after a vehicle ran a red light.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 7:39 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police say the victim of a shooting at a motel has died, leading to upgraded charges against the suspect.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 12:55 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A North Charleston man has been cleared in the 2018 death of his one-month-old daughter.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 11:22 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The sheriff of Charleston County released a statement on how her agency will handle reports of sexual assault under the state’s fetal heartbeat law.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 10:51 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The second named storm of 2022′s Atlantic hurricane season has formed in the Caribbean Sea.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 10:07 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Charleston Police say northbound lanes of Clements Ferry Road have been blocked after an accident involving a tractor-trailer.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 9:13 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and James Pollard
In the race for South Carolina education superintendent, questions about the Republican nominee’s qualifications have arisen.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 6:39 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient will be remembered at a memorial service in Mount Pleasant Friday, just days after his death earlier this week.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 4:05 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A South Carolina man who prosecutors say was the first rioter to open U.S. Capitol Rotunda doors to let a mob into the building entered a guilty plea Thursday to two felony charges.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:58 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a murder suspect.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 11:12 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Fire crews are working to determine the cause of a fire Wednesday evening that forced deputies to close a portion of St. Andrews Boulevard in West Ashley.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 10:00 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Officers with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will help make sure your boating activities over the July 4 weekend are safe.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 7:58 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A 3.6 magnitude earthquake is the 10th in a series of quakes reported in the Midlands since Sunday.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 12:08 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a teen last seen Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 11:56 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Colleton County deputies are searching for clues in a weekend shooting that injured a child.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 11:53 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Colleton County deputies arrested a 38-year-old man in connection with a nightclub shooting earlier this month that left two people dead and two others injured.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 11:51 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Associated Press has called the Republican primary runoff in the state superintendent of education race.
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. 28, 2022 at 8:32 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Colleton County investigators say a 21-year-old man is being charged under a new statute in a deadly weekend killing.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 6:01 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The State Law Enforcement Division charged a Kingstree man in connection with the assault of a deputy who was investigating a possible domestic incident.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 5:36 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office released the name of the North Charleston boy who died two days after being struck by a vehicle.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that sent a North Charleston man to the hospital Monday night.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 5:07 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Witnesses reported a water spout off Folly Beach Tuesday as storms moved through the Lowcountry.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 12:02 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a system expected to become the second named storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season by Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 11:56 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County School District voted Monday afternoon to promote the man who has served as the district’s interim superintendent to superintendent.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 11:53 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Deputies arrested a man Monday afternoon on Johns Island who is accused of holding a woman against her will and sexually assaulting her.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 10:05 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Officials have not yet released the identity of a man who drowned Saturday in the Edisto River.
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. 27, 2022 at 5:20 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing Cordova man who disappeared after being getting a ride from a family member.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 2:14 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston Fire Department says a sprinkler system was able to contain a grease fire at an apartment complex.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2022 at 7:14 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly single-vehicle crash that happened Saturday night.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2022 at 7:11 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Anna Harris
North Charleston Police say a man has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a motel Saturday night.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2022 at 4:36 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Dylan Leatherwood
The Awendaw-McClellanville Fire District says one person suffered minor injuries following a two-vehicle crash in Mount Pleasant.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2022 at 9:27 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Miss Hartsville took home top honors at the Miss South Carolina 2022 pageant Saturday night in Columbia.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2022 at 9:23 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake early Sunday morning in Kershaw County.
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. 26, 2022 at 7:11 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Blue Bell Ice Cream is releasing what it says will be the “flavor of the summer.”
Updated: Jun. 25, 2022 at 11:26 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Floats and vehicles descended on the Holy City Saturday for The Charleston Pride Parade.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2022 at 1:37 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that killed a motorcyclist Friday night.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2022 at 9:57 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Breeze Airways has added nonstop service from Charleston to Orlando, its 20th destination from the Holy City.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 3:25 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips, Dylan Leatherwood and Melissa Rademaker
Investigators are working to determine the cause of a massive fire at a Summerville apartment complex Thursday afternoon that damaged 24 units and left 80 people displaced.