The State News Journal on free COVID-19 tests:
For the past year The State Journal has worked with the Franklin County Health Department on a daily basis in order to give our readers the most up-to-date coronavirus statistics and the latest information.
So when a local senior citizen raised concerns last week about area pharmacies now charging for COVID-19 testing - a service that had previously been free - the newspaper reached out to Health Department Director Judy Mattingly, who said her staff has the ability to test for the coronavirus but lately have been busy vaccinating county residents against the virus.