By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Shawn Steward with AAA Kansas reminds us that gas prices are a lot higher than they were last year at this time.
"In Kansas, we're at $2.82 a gallon, which is actually down two cents over the past week," Steward said. "If we look to where we were a year ago, we were at $1.68, as usual, we're at 22 cents less than the national average. That puts Kansas at 7th cheapest in the nation."
Reno County is also in a relatively good position in the state.
Reno County is at $2.79, three cents less than the statewide average," Steward said.
Steward isn't ruling out the possibility of $3 gas sometime this summer, though he notes that it would take a lot more demand to get there than we've seen thus far.