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 4:33 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
Murdaugh pleaded guilty on Nov. 17 in a plea agreement prosecutor Creighton Waters said covered multiple charges across multiple indictments from multiple counties.
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 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. 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: Oct. 31, 2023 at 11:24 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
A witness called 911 to report a man being mauled by two pit bulls in a neighborhood in Moncks Corner.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2023 at 3:50 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina voters can cast their ballots in municipal races ahead of election day for the next two weeks.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2023 at 5:57 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips, Caitlin Ashbaugh and Gray News staff
The toddler's arm was severed in the incident, but thanks to the officer's actions, doctors were able to reattach it.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2023 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute, Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
Authorities confirmed Thursday afternoon that Ernest Robert Burbage III was found dead.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2023 at 6:57 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute and Patrick Phillips
The former South Carolina attorney who pleaded guilty to state charges ranging from breach of trust with fraudulent intent, money laundering and criminal conspiracy will appeal his prison sentence.
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 6:48 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office says the former lawyer linked to Alex Murdaugh faces a shorter sentence than originally reported.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 5:13 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office has filed a response to a request for a new murder trial for convicted killer Alex Murdaugh amid jury tampering allegations.
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. 5, 2023 at 4:41 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
Murdaugh was convicted and sentenced in March for the shooting deaths of his wife and their son at the family’s hunting property.
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. 29, 2023 at 9:10 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Gov. Henry McMaster said he declared a state of emergency Tuesday but insisted the state is ready to face the effects of the storm.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 11:05 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Palmetto State’s three-day sales tax holiday begins this Friday in time for back-to-school shoppers.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2023 at 7:29 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina Republicans voted Saturday to set the state’s 2024 presidential primary in late February.
Updated: May. 31, 2023 at 4:14 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh entered a plea Wednesday afternoon during an initial appearance in Charleston on 22 federal charges.
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.