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: 17 hours ago
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly early-morning crash near Eutawville.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 4:10 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Rey Llerena
After a search that spanned two counties, a wanted man on multiple charges was arrested late Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 10:25 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The U.S. Department of Justice said a federal grand jury has indicted disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh on nearly two dozen new charges.
Updated: May. 20, 2023 at 1:48 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will offer free safety inspections for boaters during the Memorial Day weekend.
Updated: May. 13, 2023 at 1:53 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A circuit judge denied a motion filed by an attorney of convicted killer Alex Murdaugh that sought attorney’s fees to cover his appeal.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 11:11 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The sheriff of Orangeburg County says a telephone scam that has fooled people into handing over money in the past seems to be recirculating.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 7:07 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Federal, county and local authorities announced more than two dozen arrests Wednesday in a three-part multi-county crime investigation involving drugs, firearms and wire fraud.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 11:13 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A Georgetown man has been charged in connection with an April shooting at a nightclub the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office says was illegally operated.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 6:44 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Emily Johnson
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the Walterboro man who died in a shooting after opening fire on two Charleston County deputies Sunday afternoon.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 12:19 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The state of South Carolina will receive $2.2 million from a multistate settlement against the maker of TurboTax tax preparation software, the state’s attorney general says.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 11:11 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The company that operates the paper mill in North Charleston has announced it will permanently shut down that plant.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 5:54 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Charleston Animal Society says there’s a simple reason a missing pet found its way home a decade after it disappeared.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Patrick Phillips
Folly Beach Police are releasing more details from a Friday night crash that killed a newlywed bride and seriously injured her husband and two others.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 2:07 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson, Nikki Hauser, Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Debra Worley
The driver accused of crashing into a golf cart and killing a bride just hours after her wedding reception was very unsteady and almost fell when asked to complete a field sobriety test, authorities said.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 11:14 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Donations have continued pouring in after news spread of a crash that killed a woman and severely injured her husband and two others hours after their wedding on Folly Beach.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 4:33 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Folly Beach, nicknamed “The Edge of America” is in the running for a big honor among southern beaches.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 8:01 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol, Patrick Phillips and Dylan Leatherwood
The South Carolina Supreme Court is vacating the order that released a convicted killer years before his sentence was up.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 5:32 PM EDT
|By Blair Sabol, Steven Ardary, Dylan Leatherwood and Patrick Phillips
The family of a Charleston man murdered in 2002 will speak at the State House in Columbia Tuesday morning to demand lawmakers take up a judicial reform package this year.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2023 at 1:45 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Agents with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division have arrested two women on multiple charges related to human trafficking.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A man serving a 22-year sentence in the state Department of Corrections has been sentenced to federal prison after a guilty plea in connection with a scheme to extort and defraud military members.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 5:26 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The latest employment data released by the state shows the number of workers in the state increased to more than 2.3 million.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 11:24 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says a 37-year-old man faces four charges in connection with a weekend shooting that left a state trooper wounded.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 7:19 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A judge did not issue a ruling Monday on a request to dismiss a lawsuit against three of the six defendants named in a lawsuit involving disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2023 at 8:12 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Blair Sabol
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that the man accused of conspiring with former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh has been released from jail.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Anna Harris
A judge has granted bond for the man indicted with convicted killer Alex Murdaugh on multiple charges last summer.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing the mother of Stephen Smith have announced a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for Smith’s death.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2023 at 5:26 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has been moved to the statewide protective custody unit of a South Carolina maximum security prison.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 11:49 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose 13.1 cents over the past week, reaching a new average not seen since Jan. 30.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 11:52 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing convicted killer Alex Murdaugh have filed the first step to appeal his conviction for the murders of his wife and son, court documents state.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 5:16 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
State Sen. Dick Harpootlian, who represented convicted killer Alex Murdaugh in his murder trial, took the floor of the state Senate Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 3:44 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Jordan Gartner
Authorities the man is facing more than a dozen assault charges for inappropriately touching young girls.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 12:09 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
Disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh received two consecutive life sentences Friday morning.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 9:41 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol and Gray News staff
Alex Murdaugh has been convicted of murder in the killings of his wife and son.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 5:46 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Gray News staff
The 12 jurors and two alternate jurors assembled Wednesday morning for a trip to the Colleton County property where Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot to death in June of 2021.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 10:23 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Mike Pence is set to make several stops in the Palmetto State later this week, including one here in the Lowcountry.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Molly McBride
The sixth week of the Alex Murdaugh murder trial began Monday morning at the Colleton County Courthouse with word that the jury will be able to see the rural property where Murdaugh’s wife and son were shot to death.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 8:00 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in South Carolina dipped below the $3-mark over the last week, falling 4.5 cents over last week’s average.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 5:42 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Cameron Bopp and Jeffrey Collins
Alex Murdaugh told the judge overseeing his murder trial he does plan to testify in his own defense.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 12:28 PM EST
|By James Pollard and Patrick Phillips
Additional fees may be coming for incoming South Carolina residents who want to legally drive on their new home state’s roads.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 5:56 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Cameron Bopp
After a long weekend, the trial of Alex Murdaugh resumes Tuesday morning as his defense team works to prove he is not guilty of the 2021 murders of his wife and son.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 5:36 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The average price per gallon for gasoline in the Palmetto State dropped a few cents last week and stands just above the $3 mark.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 3:00 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Jeffrey Collins
The murder trial of disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh will not resume on Monday because of Presidents Day.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 10:51 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina’s 2022 export sales total for completed passenger motor vehicles increased six percent over the previous year, making it the national leader once again in both categories.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 6:02 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Jeffrey Collins
Alex Murdaugh’s defense team worked to establish doubt over testimony from the doctor who performed autopsies on Maggie and Paul Murdaugh and the man who took care of the dog kennels.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 9:01 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Marissa Lute and Jeffrey Collins
The fourth week of the Alex Murdaugh murder trial began with word from the judge that two jurors tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 10:04 AM EST
|By Meg Kinnard, Steve Peoples and Patrick Phillips
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will visit the Holy City Wednesday for what is expected to be her official announcement that she will run for president in 2024.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 6:21 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Chick-fil-A is testing the company’s first-ever plant-based sandwich starting Monday in Charleston and two other areas nationwide.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 5:52 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Marissa Lute and Blair Sabol
One of Alex Murdaugh’s closest friends took the stand Thursday morning in the Murdaugh murder trial.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 5:40 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
The judge presiding over the Alex Murdaugh murder trial told the courtroom Tuesday that a juror had to go to the emergency room but that it would not affect the trial.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 5:17 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
The judge presiding over the Alex Murdaugh murder trial will likely decide this week whether jurors will hear about the financial crime charges Murdaugh faces.
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