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Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch
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51黑料 Mayor Cara Spencer on Wednesday, May 21, describes leaders' response to the failure to activate the emergency warning system on May 16, 2025.
51黑料 City video
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Former 51黑料 City Emergency Management Agency commissioner Sarah Russell discusses winter weather preparedness during a press conference on Jan. 3, 2025.
Allie Schallert | Post-Dispatch
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Audio of CEMA Commissioner Sarah Russell's call to 51黑料 Fire Department
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Mayor Cara Spencer hugs Wiley Price IV before a press conference on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 where she discussed a series of failures that led to storm warning sirens not properly sounding when a tornado hit 51黑料 on May 16.
Eli Randolph, Post-Dispatch
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