Office Of Employment Releases New Figures

{Kentucky}...The Kentucky Office of Employment and Training released the latest unemployment figures Friday showing a slight rise from 9.5 percent in August to 9.7 percent in September. Six job sectors reported declines in employment, with the government sector reporting the sharpest decline with 2,500 jobs lost. Construction dipped by 700 jobs, while the mining and logging sector lost 200. Manufacturing added 900 jobs in September and the educational and health services sector grew by 600.