Looking for some good news amid the coronavirus
situation? Well, gas is pretty cheap across Kentucky and even
locally.
Last week, some parts of Kentucky saw the average price for
unleaded gas between a dollar two and a dollar nine per gallon. Gas
prices have dropped as fewer cars are on the road due in part to social
distancing guidelines and stay at home orders. According to Triple A,
yesterday’s average price per gallon across Kentucky was a dollar forty-three.
The average price nationally yesterday was a dollar seventy-six. WJRS
Local News did a survey at 6 pm last evening of more than 10 gas pumps in the
county and found the lowest price per gallon at the Minit Mart in Jamestown,
located next to Stephens Pipe and Steel, where the price for unleaded was a
dollar thirty-five. Five Star and Maple Street Shell were
each at a dollar thirty-six. All other stations surveyed were
either a dollar thirty-eight or a dollar thirty-nine.
Still, gas in Russell County yesterday was at least four cents per
gallon cheaper than the statewide average.