After brief respite from increasing gas prices, the trend has reversed − and gas prices rose nearly 30 cents in a single week in Delaware.

Delaware’s 29-cent increase week over week is even greater than the national increase, AAA said. The national average was 27 cents higher on April 30 than April 23.

Gas prices are the highest they’ve been in four years, since late July 2022, AAA said.

Here’s this week’s gas price breakdown as we head into the weekend.

DE, PA, NJ, MD national gas price averages

• National average: $4.30 on April 30. This is 27 cents higher than last week and $1.12 higher than a year ago.
• Delaware average: $4.16 on April 30. This is 29 cents higher than last week and $1.17 higher than one year ago.
• Pennsylvania average: $4.11 on April 30. This is 22 cents higher than last week and 97 cents higher than a year ago.
• Southern New Jersey average: $4.25 on April 30. This is 38 cents higher than last week and $1.28 higher than a year ago.
• Maryland average: $4.21 on April 30. This is 23 cents higher and $1.12 higher than a year ago.

While a popular Mercato nightclub closed earlier this week, the venue continues to fight lawsuits filed against it in recent years.

Cavo Lounge announced on social media April 26 that it had closed for good, which was two days after health inspectors closed it for violations including live roaches.

Here’s what we found.

Taxes owed, slip-and-fall, assault suits

A search of Collier County court records show Cavo Lounge was being sued and a few suits remain open:

• Collier County Tax Collector sued Cavo and hundreds of others in June 2025 for back taxes owed. The suit said Cavo (named in suits as SLR Naples Corp.) owed $6,084.60.
• Ann Ficcaro of Pasco County sued in October 2025 for more than $50,000, alleging she “slipped and fell due to a pooled liquid substance from ceiling condensation and sustained significant injuries.” No specific injuries were listed but the suit alleges that Ficcaro “suffered bodily injury in and about her body and extremities, resulting in pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, permanent and significant scarring, mental anguish” and more. Cavo responded in court records that Ficcaro “conducted herself in a careless and negligent manner, including” that she failed to watch where she was walking. Such negligence, Cavo replied, “was a contributing and/or the sole legal cause of the injuries and damages.”
• Yuksel John Bal of Lee County sued in February 2025 seeking over $50,000, claiming to have slipped and fell at Cavo on July 2023 while exiting a restroom. Bal cited an injured right ankle from slipping in a puddle of liquid. In Cavo’s questions to the plaintiff, Bal acknowledged previously suing someone for damages and settling another claim. And Cavo replied in a court filing that Bal failed to “pay attention, failing to exercise reasonable care while walking, and otherwise failing to ambulate as a reasonably prudent person. Plaintiff’s right to recover is therefore defeated or diminished as a result of her own conduct.”
• Matthew Zeitler of New York and Carole Zeitler of Collier County filed suit in March 2023, each seeking more than $30,000. They said they were at Cavo with family members in October 2022 when an intoxicated customer began to insult and berate them. The customer showed a firearm then hit each plaintiff, causing injuries. The suits were settled in December 2024.

An elderly motorist is accused of driving through a group of bicyclists in Georgia – knocking one over and fracturing his spine – before speeding off in a hit-and-run that was caught on camera.

Jerry Wayne Ross, 72, flashed a wide grin in his booking photo as he faces charges for the alleged hit-and-run with his Honda Pilot, all caught on video, on April 23 in Cherokee County, Ga, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.

The North Georgia Cycling Association was on their weekly Thursday night ride when the older driver was accused of driving up on the group in a suspected road rage incident.

The cycling group was in the middle of its 32-mile ride through Cherokee County when Ross appeared behind them, blasting his horn for nearly two miles along Sugar Pike Rd in Canton.

“Just excessive. Didn’t let off the horn,” Richard Collins, the leader of the group, told Fox 5 Atlanta.

The cyclists were riding double-wide along the scenic, rural road when Ross allegedly floored forward, alongside the leading pack of the group, according to video captured by one of the cyclists and obtained by the outlet.

Ross is believed to have pulled up alongside the first group of cyclists, striking one of the riders with his passenger side mirror.

“I turned to my left to see it, at that moment, that vehicle was on my left leg,” he said.

The cyclists, who became tangled up by the bump, collided into the side of Ross’ car and crashed onto the pavement.

The vehicle sped away as Collins was left lying in the road.

Collins said he sustained road rash on his shoulder, elbow and knee and was treated by paramedics who were called to the scene.

He was later examined by an orthopedist and discovered he had suffered a fracture to his lower spine, he told the outlet.

Both cyclists were treated at the scene for minor injuries.

Ross was found hiding out at a neighbor’s house down the road after officials from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spotted damage to his SUV consistent with hitting a bicycle.

The suspected driver told authorities that he had encountered the group of cyclists but denied responsibility, blaming the bikers for the collision, saying the riders had been in the middle of the road, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.

Ross was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault, aggressive driving, hit-and-run and failing to maintain distance, according to jail records viewed by The Post.

He remains behind bars in the Cherokee County Jail with his charges totaling $24,540.