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: Nov. 28, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh will learn Tuesday whether a judge accepts a plea deal and a negotiated sentence on financial crime charges.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2023 at 2:28 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The season’s first freeze warning has been issued for much of the Lowcountry, including the Tri-County area.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2023 at 10:19 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Improvements planned for Maybank Highway will prompt lane closures that could affect drive times on Johns Island.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2023 at 6:28 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources says it has determined the Friday morning death of a child was an accident.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2023 at 5:17 AM EST
|By Melissa Rademaker and Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has charged a former Charleston County deputy in connection with an October pursuit.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2023 at 5:16 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a crash involving a tractor-trailer late Monday night left a pedestrian dead.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 7:15 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a pedestrian died after being struck by a pickup truck Sunday night.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 7:12 PM EST
|By Emily Johnson and Patrick Phillips
Presidential candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley made a campaign stop in Bluffton on Monday.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 6:02 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Mount Pleasant Police say they believe a deadly shooting Saturday is an isolated incident.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 12:30 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the North Charleston man killed in a shooting earlier this month.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 12:25 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A Charleston man died early Thanksgiving morning in a single-vehicle crash, the Charleston County Coroner says.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 8:17 AM EST
|By Autumn Klein and Patrick Phillips
The Berkeley Animal Center says foster families took in about half of the 100 dogs and cats it hoped to place for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 7:53 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A man who applied unsuccessfully to run in the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary will speak Monday at the College of Charleston.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 7:45 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The average price for a gallon of gas in South Carolina fell only slightly during the holiday travel weekend, but just enough to dip 20 cents below the same time in 2022.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 6:42 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh is expected back in court this week to learn how long he will spend in prison after a plea deal on financial crime charges.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 4:57 AM EST
|By Hope Dean and Patrick Phillips
A week after her death, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter and an accomplished humanitarian, will be laid to rest.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2023 at 5:32 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A logistics company says it will expand its presence on the East Coast with a new facility in the Palmetto State.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2023 at 4:40 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Agents with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division say an Orangeburg County man faces three charges connected with vehicle fraud.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2023 at 4:38 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police arrested a shoplifting suspect after learning he had an active warrant in a separate case.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2023 at 3:35 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Meg Kinnard
Former President Donald Trump is headed back to South Carolina this weekend, attending the biggest athletic event of the year in a state where he boasts strong support heading into next year’s Republican presidential nomination battle.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2023 at 5:18 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A St. Stephen man faces multiple charges in connection with thefts from a former elementary school in the Salters area of Williamsburg County.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Summerville Police Department plans to have multiple safety checkpoints Wednesday night to prevent drunk driving.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2023 at 3:13 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Steven Ardary
Former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh has agreed to enter guilty pleas to several financial crimes as part of a plea agreement, prosecutors said Friday
Updated: Nov. 16, 2023 at 3:21 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Court documents indicate the judge who presided over the murder trial for convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has asked for a new judge to be assigned to handle post-trial motions related to the case.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2023 at 3:12 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office is hoping this will be the anniversary when someone comes forward with information to help them solve a cold case killing.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2023 at 12:51 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Voters in Charleston County will be able to vote early in a runoff election ahead of next week’s runoff election date.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2023 at 12:30 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston Water System issued a precautionary boil water advisory after construction crews damaged a water main.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2023 at 7:10 PM EST
|By Live 5 Web Staff, Raphael James, Blair Sabol and Patrick Phillips
In a debate Monday night, the two men fighting for votes in the Charleston mayor’s race laid out their vision for the city and leveled criticism on their opponent.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2023 at 5:13 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The release of a suspected Colleton County mass murderer’s jail calls will not be released for the time being, a judge has ruled.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2023 at 1:07 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The state’s Department of Education is expected to meet Tuesday to discuss a controversial plan to regulate what students read at school.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2023 at 9:50 AM EST
|By Emily Johnson and Patrick Phillips
Charleston Police escorted a Lowcountry pastor and activist out of the Charleston County School Board meeting Monday night while the audience sang “We Shall Overcome.”
Updated: Nov. 13, 2023 at 10:15 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The two men fighting to lead the city of Charleston for the next for years debated key issues Monday night.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2023 at 3:37 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A judge sentenced a 72-year-old Eutawville man in the 2019 strangling death of a North Carolina woman, prosecutors say.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2023 at 3:01 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Moncks Corner Police are still trying to identify one of two people caught on surveillance footage in the use of a stolen credit card.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2023 at 2:50 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office says tips led to the arrest of two men in unrelated cases connected with sexually explicit material that involved children.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2023 at 1:22 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police say they are rerouting traffic around a crash scene Monday afternoon on Ashley Phosphate Road.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2023 at 10:32 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and The Associated Press
Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, about two months before the start of voting in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2023 at 2:31 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Marissa Lute
Unofficial election numbers Tuesday night show the top two candidates in the Charleston mayor’s race are just four percentage points apart, which will prompt a runoff between the two.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2023 at 12:10 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the 28-year-old man who died early Saturday morning after a crash in the North Charleston area.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2023 at 12:07 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The man who hosted educational programs promoting the beauty of nature in the Palmetto State for decades has died.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2023 at 5:17 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division confirmed it is investigating a Beaufort County chase that ended in a deadly shooting.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2023 at 4:25 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Summerville High School went into “secure status” on Tuesday afternoon after school resource officers heard a report of a suspicious person in the vicinity.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2023 at 4:13 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Police are asking for the public’s help to find a man wanted in connection with various property crimes in Charleston.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2023 at 3:33 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control kicked off a new campaign Tuesday to raise awareness about battery recycling and safety.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2023 at 6:50 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office says it is helping state agents search for a registered sex offender accused of violating the terms of his parole.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2023 at 5:55 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The first Democratic candidate whose name will appear on the ballot for the South Carolina presidential primary in February filed her paperwork Monday.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2023 at 5:54 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
For the third year in a row, unemployment insurance tax rates will either decrease or remain the same for South Carolina employers in 2024.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2023 at 5:52 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police have arrested a woman accused of shooting a man who was in the process of evicting her.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2023 at 5:33 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A federal judge has sentenced a Colleton County couple to federal prison after they pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2023 at 5:19 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A firefighter who has served the North Charleston Fire Department for four decades will become its new chief on Jan. 1.