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 </figure>By NICK GOSNELLHutch PostHUTCHINSON, Kan. — Heading into Christmas travel, gas prices in Kansas continue to be around the $3 a gallon mark."Right now, we've been experiencing a little bit of a decline in gas prices over the past four to six weeks," said Shawn Steward with AAA Kansas. "Here in Kansas, we're at $2.97 a gallon. That's down 2 cents from a week ago and down eight cents from where we were a month ago.""Nationally, we're at $3.29 a gallon, on average," Steward said.If you're traveling, most places both in Kansas and in the region are a little less expensive than at home with Kansas City, KS at $2.94, Manhattan at $2.96, Topeka at $2.95 and Wichita at $2.96."As usual, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, those are actually the four cheapest gas price states in the country," Steward said. "If you're traveling around here, you'll be getting a little bit of a benefit in your wallet when you go to fill up the tank."Gray County, Texas in the Panhandle east of Amarillo is the least expensive county in the least expensive state at $2.63 a gallon.

Gas prices still around $3 a gallon heading to Christmas in Kansas