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.

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

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, ...

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

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer has placed Sarah Russell, the Commissioner of the City Emergency Management Agency (CEMA), on leave following a failure of the city’s tornado ...

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

"Typically you don't see funding go up until you've had an incident and a big incident and a life-costing incident," Russell said in a May 6 budget meeting.

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

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

Russell and CEMA staff were at a workshop at 1520 Market St. in a building that houses several municipal departments as the tornado touched down in the city. The siren activation button is located ...