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The mayor's acknowledgement on Monday confirms what St. Louisans had suspected and feared: Residents were not given a warning for the first deadly tornado in the city since 1959.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe got many of his priorities passed.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer say they’re hoping that the federal government can act quickly and that the White House will approve a major disaster declaration.

If you are among those who are without coverage and sustained damage to your property, the Midwest Newsroom and STLPR invite you to share your story with us.

Each spring, Midwesterners head to the woods to find morel mushrooms. But some in the region are developing methods to reliably farm the delicacy.

AmeriCorps members were working on environmental education and habitat restoration at parks and nature centers in rural areas across the country. Now federal cuts have eliminated many of those positions.

The EF3 tornado caused at least $1 billion in damage in the city of St. Louis alone.

“They went on a call for service to help people and keep people safe. They ended up being shot and fighting for their lives doing their job.” — Police Chief Steve Johnson.

The death toll from the storms remains at five individuals, ranging in age from 32 to 82 years old, city officials said during a briefing Saturday evening.

"It literally had looked like a bomb had just went off," one volunteer said of the tornado's damage in north St. Louis. "Blocks and blocks of homes that are just gone."