{"id":304820,"date":"2026-05-22T17:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/304820\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:52:08","slug":"gas-prices-surge-ahead-of-memorial-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/304820\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices surge ahead of Memorial Day weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Drivers heading out for Memorial Day weekend are facing some of the highest gas prices in four years.<\/p>\n<p>According to AAA, gas prices have hit a four-year high. In Corpus Christi, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $4.13 \u2014 a 25-cent increase in the past week. Premium gas in Corpus Christi is averaging $5.12 a gallon.<\/p>\n<p>Increased demand and the war with Iran are the main reasons for the higher prices.<\/p>\n<p>AAA says prices are expected to remain high as the summer travel season gets underway.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest local news updates, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/news\/local-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click here<\/a>, or download the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/about-us\/kris-6-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KRIS 6 News App. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catch all the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/KRIS6News\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KRIS 6 News stories and more on our YouTube page<\/a>. Subscribe today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Drivers heading out for Memorial Day weekend are facing some of the highest gas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-304820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}