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

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.

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." ...

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

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

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

A broken cross sits at the top of Pilgrim Congregational Church after the May 16 tornado caused damage throughout the Academy ...

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

The answer is that it depends on where one is — the policy and plan are different in Chicago than they are in Naperville, for example.