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: 5 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
State leaders believe a new law will make healthcare more accessible and affordable for South Carolinians.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2023 at 10:07 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Police have confirmed a juvenile student is facing a criminal charge after an attack that injured a Berkeley High School teacher Friday afternoon.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2023 at 3:07 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Georgetown County deputies say they found a handgun hidden at a middle school in Georgetown County while investigating a student’s tip.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2023 at 8:31 AM EDT
|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: Sep. 28, 2023 at 2:31 PM EDT
|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: 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 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 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. 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. 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 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. 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 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 7:00 PM EDT
|By Pilar Briggs, Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Emily Johnson
Teams from various federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies worked together to locate the U.S. Marine Corps F-35B.
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. 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. 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. 3, 2023 at 11:20 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh will reveal details of a motion they intend to file that seeks a new trial.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2023 at 4:12 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
More than two months after a mother and her 2-year-old son disappeared, multiple agencies including the FBI are searching for them.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2023 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Meredith Blair
Charleston’s mayor thanked his “Team Charleston” and the public for heeding warnings to stay safe during Tropical Storm Idalia’s arrival Wednesday night.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 6:54 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
With the possibility of tropical storm-force winds, and even hurricane-force winds in parts of the Lowcountry, power outages are a possibility.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 4:12 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina’s attorney general responded Tuesday afternoon to the state Supreme Court’s denial of a petition to rehear the latest case involving the state’s so-called Fetal Heartbeat Law.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2023 at 9:14 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will offer free boat inspections during Labor Day Weekend to encourage safe boating.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 6:33 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
One of the candidates running to be the next mayor of Charleston has been charged with driving under the influence.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2023 at 11:04 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to be on the lookout for a car reportedly being driven by two teenage escapees.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2023 at 5:52 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control confirmed two dogs were exposed to a bat that tested positive for rabies in downtown Charleston.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 7:15 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Molly McBride
Summerville Police say an hours-long standoff that began with a concerned neighbor’s call ended tragically.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 6:29 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremonial signing of a bill that permanently reauthorizes South Carolina’s First Steps program at the State House Thursday
Updated: Aug. 8, 2023 at 5:31 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips, Jeffrey Collins, Ann McGill and Molly McBride
A part of history in St. George that many people were never aware of is getting some overdue attention after a massive restoration effort.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2023 at 10:58 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Thomas Gruel
The judge who found Charleston County’s sheriff broke the state’s Freedom of Information Act law ordered her to pay legal fees over a lawsuit on the matter.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2023 at 5:09 AM EDT
|By Emily Johnson, Michal Higdon and Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office met a court-imposed deadline to turn over jailhouse calls involving a suspect in a deadly crash that killed a newlywed bride on Folly Beach.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Mary Green and Patrick Phillips
Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that adds fentanyl-related substances to the list of controlled substances and creates a felony offense for trafficking it.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 11:25 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Emily Johnson
Affidavits released Monday provide new information on a total of 18 new charges against a man in connection with the deaths of six people in a July fire in Green Pond.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2023 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Summerville Police have confirmed the grandmother of a 2-year-old boy who drowned in a community pond earlier this month has been charged in connection with the drowning.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2023 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By Anna Harris and Patrick Phillips
A 9-year-old South Carolina boy who is battling sickle cell disease, received a big surprise in downtown Charleston Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2023 at 5:30 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The woman who faces charges in an April crash that killed a bride hours after her wedding and seriously injured the groom and two others will face a bond court judge next week.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2023 at 6:01 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The man who leads the state’s Department of Employment and Workforce reported good news for the Palmetto State based on June numbers Friday.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2023 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The North Charleston Police Department is investigating a shooting at a North Charleston shopping center off Rivers Avenue.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2023 at 5:27 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Meg Kinnard
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis detailed a five-point plan for the military to accomplish what he describes as reversing the decline of the nation.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2023 at 6:47 PM EDT
|By Mary Green and Patrick Phillips
On Wednesday, Gov. Henry McMaster marked the passage of new legislation designed to strengthen the state’s DUI laws.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2023 at 7:23 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The average price for a gallon of gasoline in South Carolina dropped over the past week by about the same amount it rose the previous week.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2023 at 1:42 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
The South Carolina Supreme Court is set to hear arguments about the state’s abortion bill this week, for the second time in less than a year.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2023 at 12:41 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The average price for a gallon of regular gas in the Palmetto State is eight cents higher than last week.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2023 at 11:33 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Summer Huechtker
With its official opening five days away, the International African American Museum co-hosteda multi-faith worship service Thursday night to celebrate the new facility.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2023 at 12:45 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Gov. Henry McMaster praised a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would allow South Carolina to prevent taxpayer funds from going to abortion providers.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2023 at 9:46 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Gov. Henry McMaster said Tuesday he has vetoed 11 items from the state’s 2023-2024 budget, a dramatic decrease from past years.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2023 at 5:08 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Investigators are searching for an Orangeburg woman who has been missing for almost a month.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2023 at 1:26 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Presidential candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is visiting Berkeley County Monday for a town hall event.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2023 at 1:49 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Emily Johnson
The city of Charleston dedicated a garden Saturday morning to one of the nine victims killed in a mass shooting at a downtown church in 2015.