Alabama Shakes drummer facing child abuse charges
FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Steve Johnson of Alabama Shakes accepts the best American roots performance for "Killer Diller Blues" at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York. Johnson, the drummer for Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes is in custody on child abuse charges. Johnson, 35, was arrested Wednesday, March 24, 2021, after being indicted on charges of willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18, news outlets reported. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)HUNTSVILLE, Ala. โ The drummer for Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes is in custody on child abuse charges. Steven William Johnson, 35, was arrested Wednesday after being indicted on charges of willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18, news outlets reported.
In rural Texas, frustration with a disjointed vaccine rollout grows: โWeโre better than thisโ
Health care workers administer the COVID-19 vaccine in Austin. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune(Audio unavailable. Steve and Linda Johnson say they see the COVID-19 vaccine as a sort of โget-out-of-jail-free card.โ The North Texas couple, who are in their 70s, have stayed mostly indoors since March, terrified of catching the virus. And while they got their first vaccine dose Monday at a rural hospital, it wasnโt easy, they said, adding that the process highlights the gross shortcomings of the vaccine rollout. Steve Johnson said heโs sent letters to national, state and local leaders suggesting a better way.