St. Louis probes death threats against CEMA chief after tornado siren failure; Mayor places the chief on paid leave.

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer placed CEMA Commissioner Sarah Russell on leave after a failure to activate tornado warnings, ...

ST. LOUIS, MO. Today, Mayor Cara Spencer is moving to place CEMA Commissioner Sarah Russell on paid administrative leave ...

We have systemic failure across so many systems here,” Spencer said. “We have a robust team that is unified in fixing this.” ...

Emergency Management Commissioner Sarah Russell was placed on paid administrative leave pending an external investigation ...

Mayor Cara Spencer said there is an ongoing investigation into the communication "breakdown" between Sarah Russell and the ...

Mayor Cara Spencer has placed City Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) Commissioner Sarah Russell on paid administrative leave pending an ...

Asking one person to be a specialist in all of emergency management is a monumental task and does not set us up for success,” Sarah Russell said in a 2024 audit.

The directive to activate the sirens was ambiguous, which cannot happen when a tornado is sweeping through our City and St. Louisans’ safety depends on being alerted ...

Following a deadly tornado in St. Louis that claimed five lives, Mayor Cara Spencer has placed emergency management chief ...

I don’t know why that decision was made.” Recently released audio shows CEMA commissioner Sarah Russell called dispatch to report a storm warning. Mayor Spencer placed Russell on ...