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Melissa Miller

Keeping up with rising gas prices

Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at 1:51 PM
The combination of Hurricane Isaac and the Labor Day holiday weekend is sending gas prices soaring. Gas in the Cape Girardeau area has jumped 20 cents in the past two days at many local stations. Currently, Missouri's average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline is $3.72. Missouri's highest average price was recorded in July 2008 at $3.94, according to AAA...
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