Gas prices unchanged from a week ago

Maybe the thought that gas prices go up before a holiday weekend is just a myth.

The price at the pump across the Illinois Valley is pretty much the same as it was a week ago. Peru has the cheapest gas at $2.04 a gallon with gas in La Salle at $2.09. Mendota, Oglesby and Ottawa stations are at the high end with $2.19 gas.

The statewide average for unleaded is $2.32 a gallon, down three cents from last Friday.