No, you’re not seeing things, the cost at the pump has jumped over the last few days. Triple-A says the average cost for a gallon of regular no-lead gas is now four-dollars-48 cents across the Land of Lincoln. That’s a seven cent jump overnight and a 16 cent jump in the past week. Triple-A says gas is averaging 4.55 a gallon in the Kankakee area, an 11 cent jump overnight and 38 cents more expensive than at this time last week. Gas in Iroquois County is running 4.53 on average. It’s 4.35 on average in Ford County, 4.36 in Grundy County and four-dollars-44 cents a gallon on average in Will County.
Across the state line, Triple-A says a gallon of gas is running three-dollars-45 cents on average in Newton County, 3.60 in Benton County and 3.62 in Jasper County. Triple-A says gas will set you back three-dollars-56 cents a gallon on average across the Hoosier State.