gas prices

Gas utilities seek to increase rates by $7 to $10 per month next year.

The cost of gas in the Peoria area is mostly unchanged over the past week as the calendar turned to May. The fuel cost analysis website GasBuddy shows the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded at just under $3.34 — a change of less than 1 cent in the past week.

Drivers in the Peoria area and across the country are facing higher prices at the pumps to begin 2025.

Motorists in the Peoria area could see the price of gas slipping closer to the $3.00 mark over the next couple of months.

With the Labor Day holiday weekend bringing more travelers to the highways, motorists are seeing some relief at the gas pump and on the interstates.

With drivers feeling some relief at the gas pumps ahead of Thanksgiving, holiday road travel is expected to increase over the extended weekend.

As of Friday, the GasBuddy.com and AAA Motor Club websites showed the Peoria area’s per-gallon average in the $3.55-$3.70 range – although this week some stations were as high as a tick below $4.

WCBU reporter Joe Deacon talks with fuel price expert Patrick De Haan about what drivers should expect at the pumps this weekend and throughout the summer.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, says he was moved by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's plea to a joint session of Congress this week seeking additional military aid as his country defends itself from Russia's invasion.

Illinois gas prices have hit their lowest point in 12 years for the start of summer road trip season.Illinois' average for regular unleaded gas is about 2…