Gas prices continue to escalate across the region

Gas prices are at or near $4 across the region this week.

Triple A's East Central Gas Report finds the average price in West Central Kentucky is at $4 per gallon this week, up eight cents from a week ago.

Paducah's average price this week is just under $3.85 per gallon this week.  The national average is at $4.13 per gallon, the first time gas prices have been above $4 since August, 2022.