PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- The cost for a gallon of gas continued to drop in the Peoria area, according to a website that monitors prices.

According to the GasBuddy website, the average price of gas in the Peoria area was $3.31 a gallon, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. That's down 1.8 cents from last week's average and nearly 4 cents from two weeks ago.

That's about 6.3 cents lower than a month ago and 6.2 cents a gallon lower than a year ago at this time. The national average price of diesel dropped 1.3 cents last week, with the national average being at $3.65 a gallon.

The cheapest places in the Peoria area, the website reported, was the Road Ranger gas station in Minonk that reported $3.01 a gallon. The most expensive area station was $3.49 a gallon.

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