Fox 4 Kansas City asks consumers about rising gas prices: “Everything is pretty much high now, so you've got to kind of play Monopoly with a lot of stuff”
Kirsten Stokes: “Gas prices continue to burn a hole in people’s pockets”
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From a May 3, 2026, video posted to the YouTube page of Fox4 News Kansas City
PERSON 1: Got to deal with what we got to deal with, man. We've been doing this for years. It's been going up and down, fluctuating, the whole nine.
KIRSTEN STOKES (ANCHOR): That's right. Not going down. Gas prices continue to burn a hole in people's pockets. This comes as the national average for gas has gone up 40 cents over the last seven days. I'm Kirsten Stokes, thanks for joining us for FOX 4 News at ten. FOX 4's Jacob Kaufman shows us how these prices are doing more than just having people dish out more money into their tank.
JACOB KAUFMAN (REPORTER): Gas prices continuing to go up across the country. Drivers right here in Kansas City are feeling the pinch and it's even affecting their day-to-day lives looking for new ways to save every chance they get.
According to GasBuddy, the average price of gas in Kansas is $3.95, in Missouri, it's $4.01.
In a post from GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan, he says Americans today will spend $556 million more on gas than they did compared to nine weeks ago.
Mario Monroe is a food dasher filling up his tank. He tells me the high prices not only are making him barely break even for work, but it's making him have to budget in other areas as well.
PERSON 1: Everything is pretty much high now, so you've got to kind of play Monopoly with a lot of stuff. How much gas, how far you got to go, or just — budget. You've got to budget. You've got to budget more. You can't be on free spending.
You got to do a lot of budgeting right about now.
KAUFMAN: While wishing she was paying less at the pump, one driver tells me she has faith that the prices will soon go down and at the end of the day, there's more important things to worry about.
PERSON 2: I don't necessarily want to be paying high gas prices, but I mean, I don't cry when I spend $5 for some coffee somewhere either. So I know that's not the most popular thing, but I'm just saying relax, put things in perspective. We'll be alright out here.
KAUFMAN: According to GasBuddy, the national average for gas is 40 cents higher than it was a week ago. Having to pay more at the pump, Brydaniele Ighile tells me she's found herself using apps to help save money when getting gas because every little cent counts.
PERSON 3: The 7/11 app gives you a lot of coupons and percentages off gas, so that's how I combat the the prices going up and going higher.
KAUFMAN: For Andrew Marquez, he says in his perfect world, the ideal price of gas would be anything south of $3 a gallon.
PERSON 4: If it's under 3, I feel like we're winning. Anything that's $2.99 and better, I feel like that's a win.