Kentucky's Jobless Rate Drops

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Kentucky's jobless rate has dipped to 9.6% but remains above the national rate of 9%. The Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet says the state's October figure fell from 9.7% the previous month and 10.2% for October 2010. Office of Employment and Training research and statistics director Ron Crouch says jobs increased in October for the first time since July, including the highest level of nonfarm employment since December 2008.