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: Sep. 28, 2023 at 5:31 PM CDT
|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. 18, 2023 at 6:00 PM CDT
|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. 5, 2023 at 3:41 PM CDT
|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: May. 24, 2023 at 10:49 AM CDT
|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. 2, 2023 at 1:07 PM CDT
|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: Mar. 31, 2023 at 8:10 PM CDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Jordan Gartner
Former attorney and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh is in the protective custody unit of a maximum security prison, according to officials.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 2:44 PM CST
|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 11:09 AM CST
|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 8:41 PM CST
|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 4:46 PM CST
|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: Jan. 23, 2023 at 5:29 AM CST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steve Ardary and Gray News staff
Murdaugh will be tried for two counts of murder and two weapons charges in the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his wife, 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh, and their youngest son, 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh.
Updated: Jan. 1, 2023 at 5:23 PM CST
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
The remains were apparently sent from the municipality of Apatzingán, Michoacán, and addressed to South Carolina.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 12:12 PM CDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Emily Van de Riet
A 5-year-old boy in South Carolina lost part of his leg and part of his hand in a lawn mower accident.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 10:07 AM CDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Debra Worley
The child was taken to the hospital but died from injuries suffered in the fall.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 12:07 PM CDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has been charged with murder in the 2021 deaths of his wife and son.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 3:56 PM CDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News Staff
A South Carolina sheriff revealed her deputy ran a stop sign before a crash that killed a mother and two daughters.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 12:10 PM CDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
Police received a call at approximately 11:30 a.m. Thursday about children in a vehicle in a strip mall.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 12:25 AM CDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
The sound of gunfire interrupted a youth baseball game in South Carolina Monday night.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2022 at 2:23 PM CST
|By Amanda Alvarado, Patrick Phillips, Emilie Zuhowski and Cameron Bopp
Footage recorded by Brandon Fierro shows the moment the structure sways and then falls onto an Amazon delivery vehicle.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2021 at 12:54 PM CST
|By Patrick Phillips, Gray News staff and Summer Huechtker
Charleston County dispatchers received multiple calls at about 2:09 a.m. about a disturbance that ended in a shooting inside Players Place Billiards and Sports Bar.