The commissioner of the St. Louis City Emergency Management Agency, Sarah Russell, has been placed on paid administrative leave after failing to sound the warning siren during the tornadoes last ...

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The fire department will be testing the tornado sirens at noon Wednesday. The testing should last 20 to 30 minutes. Mayor Cara Spencer gives tornado siren control to St. Louis Fire Department.

Schools, authorities sound alarm over 'Chromebook Challenge' TikTok trend. The hazardous social media challenge has prompted laptop fires and more.

Saturday marked the Red Cross' Sound The Alarm initiative, a chance to get out into the city's Southwest Side and install smoke detectors for neighbors totally free-of-charge.