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: 2 hours ago
|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: 20 hours ago
|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: 21 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
Police say they have a suspect in custody in a fatal shooting that happened Wednesday night at a car wash.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
The season’s 17th named storm, Tropical Storm Rina, formed Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center says.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2023 at 7:28 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Citadel announced Wednesday that one of its former football players and a member of the military college’s Board of Visitors has died.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2023 at 3:11 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Live 5 News has been nominated for 15 awards from the Radio, Television, and Digital News Association of the Carolinas, more than any other South Carolina television station.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2023 at 12:18 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
With Tropical Storm Philippe slowly gaining strength, the National Hurricane Center says a system behind it now has a higher chance of developing into a depression or the next tropical storm.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2023 at 12:06 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says a patient in the Midlands became the first person to die from influenza days before the official start of flu season.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2023 at 11:29 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Investigators with the Mount Pleasant Police Department are looking for clues about suspicious activity involving pamphlets.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2023 at 6:39 PM EDT
|By Melissa Rademaker and Patrick Phillips
The former South Carolina attorney facing more than 13 years in prison on 23 state charges alleges the judge who sentenced him was biased against him.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2023 at 3:14 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 21-year-old in connection with a shooting.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2023 at 2:25 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the 19-year-old killed in a shooting.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2023 at 12:16 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Crews with the C&B Fire Department battled a fire that involved multiple school buses Monday afternoon.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2023 at 8:50 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The North Charleston Police Department says a student is facing charges in connection to a stabbing at Stall High School Monday afternoon.
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. 25, 2023 at 12:27 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office says a 26-year-old man died early Saturday morning in a shooting.
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. 23, 2023 at 6:16 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Pilar Briggs
Tropical Storm Ophelia nearly reached hurricane strength as it made landfall along the North Carolina coast early Saturday.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2023 at 6:57 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute and Patrick Phillips
The former South Carolina attorney who pleaded guilty to state charges ranging from breach of trust with fraudulent intent, money laundering and criminal conspiracy will appeal his prison sentence.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is in an active search for a wanted man.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 3:21 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Pilar Briggs
Georgetown Police say a 17-year-old is in custody after a shooting that left another teen injured Wednesday night.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 12:39 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The man who served Charleston and Dorchester Counties for nearly a quarter-century in the State House has died.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 8:28 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A judge sentenced a Charleston man to federal prison after he pleaded guilty to defrauding a nonprofit to acquire IP addresses.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 5:10 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A federal judge granted a motion that would postpone the start of a prison sentence for a former Lowcountry bank CEO.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 4:59 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Emergency crews say a derailed train in Yemassee has closed a portion of U.S. Highway 17 Alternate and are asking drivers to adjust their route Wednesday morning.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 3:11 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Charleston Police say two men are facing charges in an investigation into “street-level drug sales” in the city.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 10:53 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Two Lowcountry schools are among five schools in South Carolina that received a national distinction for excellence.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 11:21 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Gov. Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Department of Corrections told the state’s Supreme Court Tuesday that the state can now carry out executions using lethal injection now that lawmakers passed a “shield law.”
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 4:46 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A North Charleston Police report and a military briefing have provided only a few new details about a pilot who ejected from a jet Sunday afternoon.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Walterboro Police Department is trying to identify a man and a woman they want to speak with about a theft at a jewelry 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 6:48 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office says the former lawyer linked to Alex Murdaugh faces a shorter sentence than originally reported.
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. 15, 2023 at 5:13 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office has filed a response to a request for a new murder trial for convicted killer Alex Murdaugh amid jury tampering allegations.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 4:12 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office has released surveillance video showing a detention deputy being assaulted inside the county jail.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 12:34 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Charleston Police investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying three people they believe have information on a burglary at a King Street bar.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 12:28 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has identified a 51-year-old victim of a Wednesday morning shooting.
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. 12, 2023 at 3:37 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The disbarred Lowcountry attorney charged with scores of financial crimes and two others accused of conspiring with him are scheduled to appear before a judge Thursday in Beaufort County.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 12:13 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A Berkeley County man has been charged in connection with a weekend knife attack.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 12:06 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Deputies are investigating a Monday night shooting that sent a 47-year-old man to the hospital.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 7:23 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly single-vehicle crash.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A tip led to the arrest of an 18-year-old who is facing four charges connected with sharing files showing child sexual abuse.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 4:44 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Melissa Rademaker
The National Action Network accused members of the Charleston County School Board Monday of working to fire the district’s newly-hired superintendent.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 12:19 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Williamsburg County deputies are searching for the people responsible for a shooting at a home in Heminway that left one person dead on Sunday.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 8:32 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips, Marissa Lute, Steven Ardary and Pilar Briggs
NOAA Hurricane Hunters are watching Hurricane Lee for changes in intensity as it edges toward the northwest.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 12:25 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Witnesses reported a waterspout that touched down in the Kiawah Island area Sunday morning during quick-moving storms in the area.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2023 at 11:00 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Live 5 WCSC’s new one-hour lifestyle show premieres Monday, the same day the Live 5 News team expands news coverage.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2023 at 10:30 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A walk, stair climbs and a remembrance ceremony are a few of the ways the Lowcountry will pay tribute to the victims of the 2001 terror attacks.