gasoline

So here's the great news as we head into a holiday weekend where more Illinoisans will be driving somewhere than we have in a decade: The new gas taxes kick in today.

Wait...what? Gas demand has fallen to its lowest level since June, and somehow Illinois' gas prices went up...does that even make sense?

Rockford area gas prices are currently hovering around $2.19 per gallon, which is 5 cents lower than last week when gas prices only dropped about a penny.

For the 5th straight week, the national average price of gasoline has risen, posting a gain of 0.7 cents over the last week to $1.97 per gallon. Here in Rockford, it's different.

One of the few upsides to this whole COVID-19 mess has been lower prices at the pump week after week. Now, gas prices are on the uptick.

Week in and week out, the price for a gallon of gas keeps dropping. Most of us wish we were enjoying it more than we are.

According to AAA-Chicago, the nationwide average for a gallon of gasoline reached $1.80 on Wednesday.

Cops were called, the station was shut down, but not before a bunch of people made off with some seriously under-priced gasoline.

Gas Buddy says in the past month here in Rockford, gas prices have fallen over 30 cents per gallon.

You can tell gas prices are going down because we're using the smiling person in the photo, not the frowny "gas-is-going-through-the-roof" photo.