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

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 ...

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

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

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.

That is inappropriate and horrifying,” St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said in a Wednesday morning press conference. “Our ...

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 ...

"I cannot move on from this without providing accountability and ensuring that our emergency management is in trusted hands." ...

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