CINCINNATI — Just when Cincinnati-area drivers were starting to get a break from paying almost $5 a gallon for gasoline, prices are spiking back up ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, which starts Thursday.
Speedway stations across southwest Ohio raised their prices to $4.89 a gallon on Tuesday, after falling to $4.39 or lower in many places last weekend. Kroger, Shell, United Dairy Farmers and BP stations followed in many neighborhoods.
AAA’s gas price map shows prices rising to an average of $4.61 across the state, a 10-cent jump since Monday. At many local stations, however, drivers saw a 40-cent jump…