By Associated Press - Monday, December 26, 2016

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say that Christmas lights were stolen from the historic Penn Center on St. Helena Island.

The Island Packet reports (https://bit.ly/2hrjOhd ) that the lights valued at $150 were reported stolen on Christmas Eve.

The lights display Christmas patterns on buildings.



A Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office report says that no suspects have been identified.

The Penn Center is considered a historical and cultural landmark. It has its roots in the Penn School that opened in 1862 as one of the first schools for freed slaves in the South.

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