Summerville

Transgender Child Allowed To Pick Restroom At South Carolina School

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) – The U.S. Education Department says a South Carolina school district has agreed to let a transgender elementary student use the restroom with which she identifies. The Department’s Office for Civil Rights said in a statement that Dorchester District 2 had violated Title IX, which protects students from sex-based discrimination. The office said the district originally had…

Mother of Three Dies After ‘Freak Accident’ In Summerville

Pamela Page (WCIV) SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) — Police say a North Charleston woman died in what they are describing as a “freak accident” in the drive-thru lane of a Summerville coffee shop. Authorities say the woman was in the Biggby Coffee drive-thru when she apparently leaned out of the car to reach for something she had dropped. Police say her…