I have learned this is the question that is valid practically every day of your life. Where is the cheapest gas right now? According to what I've found, there are several places in the Hannibal, Missouri and Quincy, Illinois area you can check out.
The national average price for a gallon of gas rose sharply last week to $3.48, which is four cents more than a week ago. Here in Rockford, that number is $3.60 per gallon, when last week we were at $3.52.
Rockford area gas prices are currently hovering around $2.19 per gallon, which is 5 cents lower than last week when gas prices only dropped about a penny.
From our "could you media people please give us some good news for once" department comes the following bit of positive info: last month, home sales prices in Rockford hit their highest level since December of 2008.
It feels like 1979! Gas prices have dipped below $2.00 a gallon in the Stateline.
Driving in on South Alpine off Rt 20, I had to do a double take when I saw the Shell station on S. Alpine advertising regular gas at $1.94 a gallon. Great news for motorists as the Thanksgiving travel holiday approaches
The reason is refineries finished their maintenance...
The good news is that the Indiana refinery delivery problem now fixed, just in time for Labor Day weekend travel. As a result, gas prices have fallen to the levels they were prior to the "mini-crisis" that caused gas prices to spike upwards of $3...