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

St. Louis probes death threats against CEMA chief after tornado siren failure; Mayor places the chief on paid leave.

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.” ...

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley flew into St. Louis on Monday and headed to the 4200 block of Kossuth Avenue, an especially hard-hit ...

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 ...

Following a deadly tornado in St. Louis that claimed five lives, Mayor Cara Spencer has placed emergency management chief ...

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

The Yukon Court of Appeal has dismissed a legal challenge to the territory's Civil Emergency Measures Act (CEMA) for a second ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Mayor Cara Spencer has placed City Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) Commissioner Sarah Russell on paid administrative leave pending an external investigation into Friday’s failure ...