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: Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:47 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A federal grand jury in Charleston indicted a Goose Creek man for pretending to be a U.S. Marshal and for having a handgun after a domestic violence conviction.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 5:31 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The National Weather Service says a lightning strike sparked a house fire in a Dorchester County neighborhood.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 5:29 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Kevin Bilodeau
A Summerville nonprofit will dedicate a statue Friday afternoon to the winningest football coach and his wife at the stadium where he spent most of his legendary career.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:20 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office says a crash involving multiple vehicles has closed a portion of Highway 162.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 12:02 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
We want to see your children's smiling faces as they prepare to start the 2022 school year!
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 4:44 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Melissa Rademaker
The Charleston Animal Society called a court finding in a carriage company’s lawsuit is “a win for animals, advocacy and freedom of speech.”
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 10:57 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Highway Patrol says one person died in a crash between a pickup truck and a dump truck.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 5:36 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Dorchester County deputies say multiple charges are expected for a man who briefly escaped custody at Summerville Medical Center and led them on a chase through a nearby neighborhood.
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. 9, 2022 at 11:48 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Rey Llerena
Berkeley County voters will soon get to decide if they want to increase the sales tax to fund school improvement projects.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 11:44 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A 19-year-old man is facing multiple charges in connection with a shooting last Monday.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 11:34 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Mount Pleasant leaders voted Tuesday night to advance a town-wide noise ordinance.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 11:24 PM EDT
|By Michal Higdon and Patrick Phillips
A volunteer fire captain is in stable condition after suffering cardiac arrest while responding to a three-vehicle crash that sent nine people to the hospital Friday.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 2:40 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster criticized a law Democrats say is designed to address record inflation.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 9:36 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Rey Llerena
North Charleston Police are investigating a shooting late Monday afternoon near a stretch of restaurants and hotels that sent two people to the hospital.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 11:54 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Beaufort County Council voted Monday night to let voters decide whether to approve a 2-year, one-percent sales tax on the November ballot.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 8:41 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Investigators are asking anyone who may have information in a deadly shooting to come forward.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 7:08 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police say a man is facing charges after an argument turned violent.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 3:37 PM EDT
|By Dylan Leatherwood, Rey Llerena and Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Highway Patrol says only one of the 14 people in three vehicles involved in a Berkeley County crash Friday night escaped injury.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 2:25 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A man wanted in connection with a May shootout that left two injured turned himself in on Sunday, Beaufort County deputies say.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 3:30 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Between now and Sunday night, South Carolina is giving parents assistance with back-to-school shopping through an annual sales tax holiday weekend.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 9:51 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a Walterboro man in connection with a weekend shooting at a pool hall.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 7:43 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Two former Goose Creek Police officers were arrested after one was accused of an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old high school student, the State Law Enforcement Division said.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 8:18 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police say two men face multiple charges in a shooting in June that killed one and injured a second victim.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 5:15 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Charleston County deputies hope a big increase in the reward for information in a July hit and run that killed an “Outer Banks” TV series crew member will bring in the tip they need to solve the case.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 4:40 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Charleston County deputies arrested a man who ran from his car after leaving it on train tracks moments before a train crashed into it.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 4:37 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A severe thunderstorm warning for portions of Dorchester and Colleton Counties expired Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 4:13 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Police are searching for a man accused of brandishing a weapon during an incident in downtown Charleston.
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. 3, 2022 at 3:45 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The answer to when drivers are legally required to stop for a school bus depends on the road they're on.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 12:35 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Law enforcement agencies across the Lowcountry and around the nation are celebrating National Night Out this Tuesday.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 8:07 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Palmetto State will give shoppers the chance to save on back-to-school and other items in a 72-hour tax-free holiday this weekend.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 7:16 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
As devastating flash flooding hit several counties in Kentucky, organizations have taken the initiative to help those affected.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 11:01 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office says a Saint Stephen man died in a motorcycle crash that was discovered days after it happened.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 9:21 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Joe Cunningham has chosen a civil litigator who flew combat missions in Iraq to be his running mate.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 6:50 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Emergency work to repair a damaged bridge on I-26 will keep one eastbound lane closed for 24 hours.
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: Aug. 1, 2022 at 5:39 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
An organization formed to honor a North Charleston teenager who was shot to death marked its first birthday Sunday.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2022 at 7:46 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Former U.S. Congressman Joe Cunningham will name the running mate he hopes will help him defeat Henry McMaster in the governor’s race.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 3:49 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Orangeburg County deputies have made an arrest in a double shooting that killed his own teenage son and injured his wife.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 5:31 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joe Cunningham will announce the person who will serve as his running mate at a special event Monday afternoon.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 2:54 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina’s attorney general joined 21 other attorneys general in a lawsuit filed Tuesday over what calls new White House guidance on sex discrimination that threats schools and programs that rely on federal nutrition assistance.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 11:13 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Charleston Police say a 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a shooting Monday afternoon that left a 16-year-old girl injured.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 9:16 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A 28-year-old Charleston man has been arrested on multiple charges connected with a child pornography investigation, the attorney general’s office said.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 6:18 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A Comcast spokesman says they hope to have internet service restored by 8 p.m. Monday after a contractor damaged their fiber network.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 5:58 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner has released the name of the Charleston man who died in a late-night crash on I-26.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 5:56 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Emilie Zuhowski
A Berkeley County woman who suffers from dementia has been missing for nine days.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 4:38 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has identified the Charleston man who died after being shot in April.