Cortland resident surprised by high gas prices here

Cortland resident surprised by high gas prices here

Ed Kruest was surprised by the gas prices he saw on his way home from Missouri.

The 56-year-old Cortland resident saw prices that ranged from $2.73 to $2.99 a gallon for regular gas last weekend as he traveled through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

“When we hit Ohio, it went ka-zing,” he said.

That’s his way of describing prices of more than $3 a gallon.

The AAA reports that Missouri has the lowest gas prices in the nation. Regular gas in that state had an average price of $2.90 Tuesday, said the AAA, which surveys 60,000 stations nationwide each day.

Prices in the Mahoning Valley gained a penny overnight to reach an average of $3.09 Tuesday, the AAA said. That gave this area the highest gas prices in the state.

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