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. 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 11:49 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
The convicted murderer is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, one count of bank fraud, a total of five counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 14 counts of money laundering.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Residents across the Lowcountry say they felt or heard what they call a “big boom” Tuesday morning as Joint Base Charleston continues scheduled explosive operations on the Cooper River.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 1:07 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips, Elisheva Wimberly and Steven Ardary
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott announced his White House bid at his alma mater in North Charleston Monday morning, saying he’s the candidate the far left “fears the most.”
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. 9, 2023 at 6:26 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Katie Kamin
Groups dedicated to advocating for crime victims and their families rallied at the state capitol Tuesday morning to continue raising awareness about victims’ rights.
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. 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: 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. 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. 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. 23, 2023 at 5:31 PM EDT
|By Dylan Leatherwood and Patrick Phillips
Newly filed documents show the sale of the Murdaugh’s Colleton County property has been finalized at two-thirds of the original listing price.
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. 15, 2023 at 11:20 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Meg Kinnard and Michelle L. Price
Nikki Haley took the stage in Charleston to a cheering crowd Wednesday to officially announce she will run for president in 2024 with a goal of saving the nation from a “downward spiral of socialism and defeatism.”
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 6:14 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Bodycam video that was shown to the jury in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial during the first week of testimony has been released by the court.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 6:04 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Steven Ardary
The trial of Alex Murdaugh continued Tuesday morning with the defense cross-examining a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigator.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 4:51 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Marissa Lute
Opening statements from each side show vastly different interpretations of what the state is calling key evidence in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 at 3:58 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Hayley Boland and Ann McGill
Former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh’s highly-anticipated murder trial will begin with jury selection Monday morning in Walterboro.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 12:42 PM EST
|By Anna Harris, Michael Allison, Bruce Smith and Patrick Phillips
People from around the Lowcountry are remembering one of its most prominent natives, Arthur Ravenel Jr., who died Monday at 95, his family confirmed.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2023 at 6:49 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
First responders in Beaufort County say they responded to a Saturday night crash but say the driver had already left the scene when they arrived.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 11:25 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A federal court has thrown out three newly-drawn South Carolina congressional districts after ruling they were drawn to intentionally disadvantage Black voters.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 12:11 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A South Carolina state senator released a statement after Lexington Police cited him for public intoxication early on New Year’s Morning.
Updated: Jan. 1, 2023 at 6:23 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
The remains were apparently sent from the municipality of Apatzingán, Michoacán, and addressed to South Carolina.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2022 at 12:08 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said they arrested an 18-year-old wanted in a burglary while executing a search warrant Friday afternoon.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 4:14 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The former CEO of Palmetto State Bank who was convicted on six charges last month is requesting a hearing on jury issues in his trial.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 6:21 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina prosecutors say they oppose a request to narrow details about a possible motive they will argue when prosecuting former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh for the killings of his wife and youngest son.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 5:16 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys met briefly Friday afternoon in a Richland County courtroom in a pretrial hearing for former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 8:48 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The defense team representing former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh have filed a motion demanding documents and files related to a key piece of evidence in Murdaugh’s upcoming murder trial.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 5:40 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A judge sentenced a man who entered a guilty plea in a 2019 North Charleston armed robbery attempt that ended in a deadly shooting.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 11:24 PM EST
|By James Pollard, Patrick Phillips and Elisheva Wimberly
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace has defeated her Democratic challenger to keep her House seat for a second term.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 7:01 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
In newly filed court documents, the state’s attorney general has provided the Alex Murdaugh defense team with critical information about the deaths of Murdaugh’s wife and son.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 4:22 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol, Nick Reagan and Patrick Phillips
A state circuit court judge mostly sided with the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office Thursday, denying motions filed by the defense team of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 5:45 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing prominent former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh are asking that a request for their client’s alibi in his murder trial be stricken.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 11:33 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh have filed a new motion seeking evidence from prosecutors before he goes on trial for murder in January.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The trial of disgraced former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh has moved up one week according to court documents filed Friday.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 12:19 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The University of South Carolina confirmed Tuesday morning that it would move its game against South Carolina State University because of potential weather impacts from remnants of Hurricane Ian.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 12:32 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Gov. Henry McMaster, the South Carolina Department of Corrections and its director have filed an appeal after a state judge ruled the state’s current methods of execution are unconstitutional.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 7:35 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing a consulting company say they are taking legal action against former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh and Bank of America.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 7:22 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The former chief executive officer of Palmetto State Bank indicted on multiple charges will appear before a federal judge in November.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 1:45 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Dylan Leatherwood
Prosecutors have filed a motion asking the defense attorneys for former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh to share the evidence they will use in his defense.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 6:38 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The defense team for former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh said they will be able to prepare for the trial against their client now that evidence has been ordered to be released to them.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 8:28 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Nick Reagan
Former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh faces new indictments, bringing the total number of charges against him to 90, the state’s attorney general announced Friday morning.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 11:21 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina’s highest court issued a temporary injunction Wednesday that will block the state’s fetal heartbeat law.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 4:46 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Blair Sabol
A lawyer representing former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh told reporters Wednesday morning the state is “hiding the ball” and hasn’t handed over any evidence they have in the deaths of Murdaugh’s wife and son.
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