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.

Recent Articles by Patrick

Deputies searching for man who attempted to kidnap 7-year-old girl

Charleston County deputies say they are looking for a man who walked into a North Charleston home and attempted to kidnap a 7-year-old girl.

Patrick Phillips

Published January 12, 2020 at 1:27 PM

Bella, dog missing from stolen truck, found dead after 2-week search

Volunteers who searched for a yellow Lab mix missing for two weeks from a truck stolen in North Charleston shared hugs with her owner near the area where she was found dead early Sunday morning.

Patrick Phillips

Published January 5, 2020 at 9:10 PM

Boeing’s CEO is resigning as the crisis enveloping the manufacturer related to its marquee aircraft, the 737 Max aircraft, drags on.

Patrick Phillips

Published December 23, 2019 at 12:37 PM

911 caller: ‘I just killed my wife and my stepdaughter’

In a newly-released 911 recording, a man told Berkeley County dispatchers he had stabbed his wife and stepdaughter to death in the driveway of their Goose Creek home.

Patrick Phillips

Published November 25, 2019 at 5:10 PM

Fallen live power line sparks on flooded Charleston street during Dorian

The sound of explosions when a live wire fell into flood water on a downtown Charleston street could be heard blocks away Thursday afternoon.

Patrick Phillips

Published September 5, 2019 at 12:55 PM

SC deputies capture young gator...and name it Dorian

Berkeley County Animal Control officers responded Wednesday in the hours before Hurricane Dorian approached the South Carolina coastline to an unwelcome subject.

Patrick Phillips

Published September 5, 2019 at 3:41 AM

Beaufort County leaders urge preps for Dorian, but no evacuation plans yet

Leaders from across Beaufort County held a news conference Sunday urging people to do everything they can now to prepare for impacts from Hurricane Dorian.

Patrick Phillips

Published September 1, 2019 at 11:54 AM

Helicopter pilot becomes 1st female Marine to pilot F-35 jet

A former commercial helicopter pilot has become the first female Marine to pilot the F-35, a next-generation joint strike fighter aircraft.

Patrick Phillips

Published August 16, 2019 at 4:17 PM

SC 5th grader died of natural causes, no criminal charges to be filed, investigators say

No criminal charges will be filed in the March death of a 10-year-old Colleton County girl who died after a fight in her classroom, the solicitor says.

Patrick Phillips

Published April 19, 2019 at 1:12 PM

Firefighter adopts puppy he rescued from beneath pile of rocks

The veteran North Charleston firefighter whose rescue of a three-month old puppy went viral on social media last weekend gave the puppy a forever home Saturday.

Patrick Phillips

Published April 6, 2019 at 3:46 PM

SC senator: Elementary school fight blamed for 5th grader’s death was just small scuffle

A South Carolina state senator who represents the area where a fifth grader died after an elementary school fight last week says it was only a small scuffle.

Patrick Phillips

Published April 2, 2019 at 10:07 PM

Too early to determine whether criminal charges will be filed in 5th grader’s death, solicitor says

As a community waits for word about the cause of death for a 10-year-old girl who died two days after a fight in her Colleton County school, attorneys for her family say the child’s loved ones are demanding transparency.

Patrick Phillips

Published March 29, 2019 at 7:58 PM

Community devastated after 10-year-old dies following classroom fight

Flowers, balloons, and stuffed animals were left in front of a Colleton County elementary school where investigators say a fight in a classroom led to the death of a 10-year-old girl two days later.