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: May. 3, 2024 at 7:22 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, who represents South Carolina’s Sixth Congressional District, will receive the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2024 at 5:28 AM EDT
|By David Koenig and Patrick Phillips
Boeing will be the focus of back-to-back hearings Wednesday as Congress examines allegations of major safety failures at the embattled aircraft manufacturer.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2024 at 12:49 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh has filed an intent to appeal his most recent prison sentence.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2024 at 6:16 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Walterboro Police Department says they are investigating a missing person case that has become a death investigation.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2024 at 7:53 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips, Melissa Rademaker and Blair Sabol
Summerville's police chief said his agency learned details about a deadly shooting and the arrest of one of his officers when the warrants were released Wednesday.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2024 at 8:01 PM EDT
|By Blair Sabol, Patrick Phillips, Marissa Lute and Destiny Kennedy
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has confirmed it has charged a former Summerville Police officer with murder in a March shooting.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2024 at 6:51 PM EDT
|By Blair Sabol, Patrick Phillips and Jordan Gartner
An off-duty police officer who shot and killed a man last month has been charged with murder.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2024 at 10:27 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Members of the South Carolina General Assembly and advocates are calling on state lawmakers to pass a bill that would allow patients authorized by their doctors to buy medical cannabis.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2024 at 11:25 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Emily Johnson
The Summerville Police Department released bodycam video late Thursday afternoon showing the arrest of a 13-year-old boy they say assaulted one of their officers outside a Walmart Monday afternoon.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2024 at 6:26 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips, Emily Johnson and Marissa Lute
The family of a 13-year-old boy arrested at a Walmart in Summerville will view police footage of the incident on Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division set up a new tip line as it continues to investigate the death of a teen and her unborn daughter.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2024 at 3:01 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips, Marissa Lute, Blair Sabol, Emily Johnson and Steven Ardary
The Charleston police department has shared more details into the death of a former Boeing employee who raised concerns about the company’s production standards.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2024 at 10:29 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Gov. Henry McMaster will hold a ceremonial signing of the new law that allows South Carolinians 18 or older who are eligible to carry a gun to do so without a permit or training.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2024 at 11:53 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Tiffany Tran-Ozuna
A Richland County Sheriff’s Department K-9 officer deputies say was shot by a teen suspect during a chase is recovering.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2024 at 8:05 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Disbarred Lowcountry attorney and convicted killer Alex Murdaugh is weeks away from learning his sentence on federal financial crimes.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2024 at 10:13 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Arguments over the state’s new Education Scholarship Trust Fund began Wednesday morning at the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2024 at 5:33 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Mary Green and WIS News 10 Staff
A bill that allows for a restrictive medical marijuana program is one step closer to being passed in the South Carolina Senate.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2024 at 8:00 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
A bill to make it easier for South Carolinians to access alcoholic beverages overcame a key hurdle Friday when the state’s House of Representatives passed it this week.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2024 at 7:00 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, James Pollard, Steven Ardary, Marissa Lute and Jeffrey Collins
A South Carolina judge denied Alex Murdaugh’s bid for a new double-murder trial on Monday after his defense team accused a clerk of court with tampering with a jury.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2024 at 6:39 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Michelle Price, Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press
Two of South Carolina’s top leaders will attend a rally in New Hampshire Saturday night for former President Donald Trump.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Ann McGill and Pilar Briggs
The South Carolina Highway Patrol has confirmed it is investigating a crash involving a truck and train.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2024 at 9:46 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Molly McBride and Gray News staff
The woman's sister said they’ve been experiencing a lack of communication throughout the investigation.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2024 at 5:30 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Blair Sabol
Court documents released by the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office allege the father and stepmother of a 5-year-old boy killed him and hid his body in a camper on their property while the community searched for him.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2024 at 4:28 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Colleen Long, Zeke Miller and Destiny Kennedy
The president will speak at Mother Emanuel AME in a push to highlight what the campaign calls the high stakes of the upcoming election.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2024 at 5:17 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Molly McBride
South Carolina’s health department says while the holidays are behind us, the risk for respiratory illnesses is still a threat.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2024 at 7:10 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and James Pollard
Attorneys representing convicted killer Alex Murdaugh, who is seeking a new murder trial, have been ordered to submit their request directly to the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2024 at 6:35 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Rebecca Reynolds
State and federal authorities are investigating a bomb threat that led to the evacuation of the South Carolina capitol building Wednesday.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2023 at 6:50 AM EST
|By Meg Kinnard and Patrick Phillips
Hours after Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley did not mention slavery when asked about the reason for the Civil War, she elaborated on her answer.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2023 at 11:16 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina health officials say the Palmetto State is one of two states with the highest number of flu cases in the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2023 at 4:09 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary and Patrick Phillips
Eight North Charleston Police officers and three Charleston County deputies have been placed on administrative leave as an investigation continues into an early-morning officer-involved shooting that left one man dead Wednesday.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Supreme Court has appointed a former state chief justice to preside over a motion for a new murder trial for Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 12:51 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
A 72-year-old woman who died Sunday after she become trapped in a submerged vehicle during Sunday night’s downpour in South Carolina.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 10:13 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Georgetown County Treasurer’s Office has temporarily relocated while crews work to repair damage flooding caused at the first floor of the historic courthouse.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2023 at 4:21 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is recovering well from what his office described as a minor outpatient heart procedure performed Friday morning.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2023 at 11:48 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremonial signing Wednesday morning for a bill that establishes a school safety center to better train law enforcement and educators on preventing and responding to safety threats.
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. 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 6:42 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. 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. 1, 2023 at 9:18 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Jordan Gartner
Attorneys representing Alex Murdaugh want the judge who presided over his murder trial removed from all future trials and hearings.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2023 at 3:12 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The defense representing convicted killer and disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh wants the judge who presided over his murder trial removed from all future trials and hearings.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2023 at 3:06 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Emily Johnson
The Berkeley County Coroner says a 65-year-old man died Tuesday afternoon after being mauled to death by dogs at a Moncks Corner mobile home park.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2023 at 7:35 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The family of a missing mother and her 2-year-old son hoped they would be reunited Saturday in time for the woman’s 21st birthday.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2023 at 4:59 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Georgetown Police Department says a four-legged officer is joining its ranks.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2023 at 5:26 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Law enforcement will soon have an extra tool to prosecute drivers who fail to stop for school buses as state law requires.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2023 at 7:20 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Caitlin Ashbaugh
A North Charleston Police officer’s quick thinking is being credited for helping save the life of a two-year-old girl who fell out of a moving vehicle on Interstate 26 earlier this month.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2023 at 10:21 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The United States Geological Survey has confirmed an earthquake struck Friday afternoon in the Midlands.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2023 at 9:17 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
State leaders believe a new law will make healthcare more accessible and affordable for South Carolinians.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2023 at 10:05 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division praised the K-9 officer shot dead Thursday afternoon during the search for a shooting suspect on Johns Island.






























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