WAVERLY, Ohio — As motorists continue to fret over rising gasoline prices, the highest prices in Ohio, according to AAA, are in Pike County at $3.12. Meanwhile, fifteen minutes up the road in Chillicothe, gas hovers at around $2.88 a gallon.
The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline rose 2 cents over the past two weeks to $3.15 per gallon. In Ohio, the average price of gas is slightly lower with an average of $2.96, according to AAA.
Experts say a similar rise is likely to occur in the coming days, and additional price hikes in the future may be larger as wholesale prices increase and some states’ fuel taxes grow beginning July 1.
Nationwide, the highest average price for regular-grade gas is in the San Francisco Bay Area at $4.33 per gallon. The lowest average is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at $2.63 per gallon.
In Ohio, the lowest prices are in Stark County, averaging at $2.87.