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

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

A city official has been suspended and residents are still reeling after a deadly tornado tore through St. Louis, killing ...

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

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

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

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

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

One week since a deadly EF-3 tornado struck St. Louis, killing five and injuring dozens, city officials have pointed to ...

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 ...