A 100-year-old home near Little Mountain is now charred black following a fire early Friday morning that left eight people without a home and three to four pets dead. Lexington County fire ...

For rural and poor families, kerosene was indispensable. It fueled their lamps, powered their stoves, and was as crucial to daily life as rice. Younger generations today have little to no memory of ...

But if kerosene lamps and stoves were essential for daily survival, the Petromax—a pressurized kerosene lantern—was the heart of social life in rural communities.