Gas Prices in MS Creeping Higher

After spending more than two weeks bouncing around below $3 a gallon, the average price at the gas pumps in Mississippi is back above three bucks.  AAA says it climbed past that mark Thursday for the first time since February 21^st and is now close to $3.02.   Around $2.95 is as low as the statewide average price got this time before it started rising this week.   GasBuddy.com is still showing gas selling for less than $3 at some stations in Kosciusko, Carthage and Philadelphia.