Area residents react to gas prices inching toward $5
The price for diesel at a local gas station rose to just under $5 last week. Gasoline prices also are above $4 per gallon and increasing. mason hines | dispatch record
Prices at the gasoline pump are hitting hard, and some area residents voiced their concern about the increases.
Statewide, the average price is $4.29 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is the highest average ever recorded by AAA for the state. It is 19 cents more than last week and $1.53 more per gallon compared to this day last year.
