Ohio unemployment rate rises slightly for September

COLUMBUS, Ohio - State officials say Ohio's unemployment rate rose slightly from August to September, as did the national number.The state Department of Job and Family Services said Friday that Ohio's rate of 4.8 percent was up from 4.7 percent the previous month and 4.6 percent a year earlier.The U.S. unemployment rate was 5 percent in September. That's up from 4.9 percent in August but down from 5.1 percent in September 2015.The state says Ohio's nonagricultural wage and salary employment decr