By KERA News & Wire Services
Dallas, TX – Retail gasoline prices rose across Texas and the nation this week, despite a crude oil price drop from more than $80 per barrel to around $76 per barrel.
The weekly AAA Texas gasoline price survey released Thursday shows the average price of a gallon of unleaded regular-grade rose 3 cents to $2.63 this week across Texas and 2 cents to $2.78 nationwide.
The auto club statement says gasoline supplies are stable with no interruptions resulting from events such as hurricanes.
The cheapest gasoline in the survey is found in San Antonio, where the average price rose 3 cents to $2.58 per gallon. The most expensive is in El Paso, where the average price climbed 3 cents to $2.78.
Man dead after Dallas squad car slams into vehicle
A 59-year-old Dallas man is dead after a Dallas police car answering a call slammed into the man's stalled vehicle.
A police statement says Terry Glover died after surgery for injuries from the 1:30 a.m. Thursday crash on South Polk Street in the South Oak Cliff section of Dallas.
Police say Glover was sitting in the driver's seat of the stalled vehicle when the patrol car slammed into it. The two officers in the patrol car were treated at the scene and released.
A police spokesman identifies the squad car driver as Officer Adam Stucki. He and his partner, Officer Archie Beason, were treated at the scene and released. The nature of the call to which they were responding haven't been released. However, the police statement promises "a full investigation into this incident is being conducted.
White presses Perry again to debate
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White is again pressing Republican Gov. Rick Perry to debate, but Perry says White first must release more financial records.
White pushed the issue as both appeared Thursday before the Texas Association of Broadcasters.
White says Perry's handlers don't want him to have to answer questions in a debate.
Perry says White needs to reveal his tax returns from the years he was deputy energy secretary in the 1990s and suggested he may be hiding something. White has released income tax returns from his years as Houston mayor, since 2004.
White contends his finances are open to scrutiny through financial disclosure reports. He says Perry isn't as transparent as he seems by putting assets in a blind trust because they are hidden from public view.