Good afternoon, it's Friday, September 21. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: The latest unemployment statistics for the Austin metro area offer little comfort to employers, struggling to find workers amid an extremely tight regional labor market. According to the Texas Workforce Commission, the local non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August slipped to 3 percent, down from 3.1 percent in July, and from 3.