Soaring gas prices voted top AP Oklahoma story

 
By RICHARD GREEN - Associated Press Writer
Published: January 1, 2009

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Gas prices reaching nearly $4 a gallon were a curse for motorists, a blessing for Oklahoma 's thriving energy sector and a boon for state revenue in 2008.

The historic increase in the price of gasoline was the year's top news story, according to Oklahoma editors voting in The Associated Press ' annual poll. By year's end, what went up had come down. Many service stations were selling gasoline for l...


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