North St. Louis

In the wake of the May 16 tornado, applications for demolition permits on private property doubled. Property owners are making tough decisions to raze their homes, and whether to stay or leave the city.

Residents can apply to join five different community-led planning committees, which is being launched through the PlanSTL Neighborhood Planning Program. The deadline to apply is Oct. 13.

Residents want the city to move faster to disperse $30 million in Rams settlement interest for tornado relief, as others say FEMA didn’t provide enough money to cover repairs.

Kea Point Solutions, founded by a project manager who worked on the National Geospatial Agency campus project, said it sees opportunity in tornado-impacted areas.

It’s been nearly four months since an EF3 tornado ripped through parts of St. Louis. Community members stepped in where the city didn’t to help clean up the rubble, and some volunteers are still getting calls to remove that lingering debris in north St. Louis.

We walked and drove the storm’s path from Clayton to the Mississippi and found despair in some neighborhoods and others nearly fully recovered.

Alumni are fighting to keep Sumner High School open after it was damaged by the May tornado. They are optimistic that the historic school will be fully restored.

The St. Louis NAACP and church leaders say insurance premiums have gone up for churches. Faith leaders say this has become a problem since the May tornado.

Homer G. Phillips Nurses Alumni Inc. lost its appeal against the now-closed Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital for using its trademarked name. A St. Louis County judge ruled on Tuesday that the trial court did not make any errors in last summer’s judgment.

The Nolan family faces a one-year wait before they can return to their north St. Louis home that was severely damaged by an EF3 tornado on May 16.