Gas prices increase 7.6 cents in Western Pennsylvania

The average price for a gallon of gas in western Pennsylvania continued to climb, rising 7.6 cents over the past week, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel was $ 2.36 Tuesday, compared with $ 2.29 the previous week. However, it is still much cheaper than the figures of years ago, when gas was $ 3.83. AAA also found that oil prices rose more than $ 2.50 last week to exceed $ 59 per barrel. The highest average gas price on Tuesday in western Pennsylvania, which stretches from Erie to Altoona, was $ 2.39 in Sharon. Brookville Uniontown and tied for the lowest price of $ 2.34.