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, ...

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

"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.

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 decision to put Russell on paid administrative leave comes as an external investigation is launched into the actions of ...

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 ...

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

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 said there is an ongoing investigation into the communication "breakdown" between Sarah Russell and the fire department.

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." ...