Fulton gas prices dip below $3 a gallon

Gas prices in Fulton have dipped to $2.99 a gallon, causing many motorists pulling up to pumps to breath a sigh of relief.

Earlier this year gas prices reached a high of about $3.79 a gallon in Fulton.

According to Gas Buddy, which monitors gas prices nationwide, the average price of gas in Missouri on the same date one year ago was $3.08.

Ron Atkinson, owner of Gasper's Truck Stop in Kingdom City, said gas retail margins in Kingdom City and Fulton have been thinner this year than in past years.

"People in Kingdom City and Fulton have been receiving good prices on gas during 2012," Atkinson said.

Atkinson said gas prices in Kingdom City and Fulton were $2.99 during most of December last year.

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