Golden Triangle employment up

The Mississippi Department of Employment Security released its unemployment data for April showing the jobless rates in all four Golden Triangle counties at its lowest in years. Lowndes County's rate was 5.2 percent, the lowest rate since April 2001 (Oktibbeha: 4.5%; Noxubee: 6.8%; Clay: 6.9%). Mississippi's unemployment rate for April was 5 percent. (Source: Columbus Dispatch 05/26/16)