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.
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|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.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 10:19 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
A judge is expected to hear additional testimony from banking officials Friday morning as he decides whether the jury in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial will hear it.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 5:54 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
Some of the testimony in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial Thursday was heard without the jury being present.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 6:11 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
State prosecutors claim a video taken on the night Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were killed at their Colleton County home puts Alex Murdaugh at the scene despite his telling investigators he wasn’t there.
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. 30, 2023 at 10:06 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
In a Colleton County courthouse Monday, prosecutors continued to present their case in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 10:00 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
Evidence collection and preservation continued as the main theme during day five of the Alex Murdaugh trial.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:59 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Jeffrey Collins and Blair Sabol
The prosecution called a deputy who responded to the scene of the June 7, 2021, double killing at Alex Murdaugh’s family property as its first witness in the murder trial of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh Thursday morning.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 4:28 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster reiterated some calls he’s been making to the General Assembly recently, including raising teacher starting pay, accelerating road and bridge fixes, and shoring up state reserve funds, during Wednesday’s State of the State Address.
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. 25, 2023 at 8:27 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A state lawmaker wants to file a bill to ban schools from teaching about slave owners in response to an effort by Republicans to “censor the teaching of Black history.”
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 5:31 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Marissa Lute and Patrick Phillips
A busy second day in the Alex Murdaugh trial saw the judge rule on three motions and qualify a fourth pool of jurors to return for actual jury selection.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 7:51 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Steven Ardary
The trial of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh will begin in Walterboro this week with jury selection set to begin Monday morning.
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 9:10 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Anna Harris
The South Carolina Real Estate Commission is warning consumers about a rise in fraudulent sales and mortgages for vacant lots.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 2:28 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Gov. Henry McMaster was sworn in Wednesday at his inauguration. McMaster is on track to become the longest-serving governor in state history.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 3:31 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment against a former visiting priest who served the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston for allegedly sexually abusing an 11-year-old child.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 12:46 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A South Carolina state senator announced Tuesday she has decided to leave the Democratic Party.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 11:24 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is one step closer to making history in the Palmetto State.
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. 4, 2023 at 11:20 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Funeral services have been set for this weekend for prominent Charleston attorney David Aylor, who died Monday at age 41.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 6:43 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Cameron Bopp
The mother of murder victim Brittanee Drexel filed a civil lawsuit against the Georgetown County man convicted of her death.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 12:25 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Mexican National Guard says it discovered four skulls, apparently of human origin, that were scheduled to be sent to South Carolina this week.
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 12:04 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and FOX Carolina News Staff
Sixth-ranked Tennessee has scored a touchdown in every quarter so far against the 10th-ranked Clemson Tigers in the 89th Orange Bowl in Miami.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2022 at 12:02 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office says the fourth person arrested in a deadly November shooting is a 15-year-old boy.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 10:52 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and WIS News 10 Staff
Notre Dame’s Tyler Buchner accounted for seven of the 11 touchdowns in the highest-scoring Gator Bowl in history. Two of them he’d like to forget.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 12:18 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster will take the oath of office next month for the start of the term which will make him the longest-serving governor in state history.
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. 7, 2022 at 5:22 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The state of South Carolina says it has sent out more than $942 million in tax rebates to all eligible taxpayers who filed state tax returns by Oct. 17.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 5:18 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh is next set to face a judge on Friday afternoon in a Colleton County courtroom.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 6:19 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Attorneys representing former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh are asking the state to provide details on their theory of motive.
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. 29, 2022 at 8:54 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an 18-year-old man.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 11:35 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The family of a missing 5-year-old Orangeburg County child says all they want is to bring her home.
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. 14, 2022 at 6:22 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Kevin Bilodeau
Authorities have confirmed a former Woodland High School student was one of three University of Virginia students killed Sunday night in a shooting on campus.
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: Nov. 1, 2022 at 4:13 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina’s governor requested a presidential disaster declaration Tuesday to help residents in several Lowcountry counties affected by Hurricane Ian.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 1:48 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina Education Lottery officials said the Powerball’s top prize has grown to the largest jackpot of 2022 and the fifth-largest ever offered.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 3:18 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The founder of Hobby Lobby says his understanding of the true source of his success is influencing his plans for the future of the retailer.
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. 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. 17, 2022 at 3:30 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina education officials announced the progress and ongoing challenges teachers and students face in the classroom Monday morning.
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: Oct. 4, 2022 at 8:01 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Historic investments are being made at South Carolina’s two land-grant universities for a new program to make farming across the state more climate-friendly.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 5:13 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Gov. Henry McMaster and state leaders will hold a briefing Wednesday afternoon on the state’s ongoing steps to prepare for remnants preps for remnants of Hurricane Ian expected to arrive by Friday.
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. 13, 2022 at 10:03 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
North Charleston Police arrested a man Tuesday who faces multiple charges after being accused of hacking into an Upstate city’s Verizon account and ordering thousands of dollars in cell phones.
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