St. Louis' emergency management commissioner has been placed on administrative leave, the mayor said, after tornado sirens ...

The directive to activate the sirens was ambiguous, which cannot happen when a tornado is sweeping through our City and St.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 ...

St. Louis police are investigating a series of online death threats against the head of the City Emergency Management Agency ...

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said protocol failures and a lack of clarity on responsibility caused sirens not to sound before ...