A crew with SLT Demolition LLC works on demolishing the Centennial Christian Church on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in the Fountain Park neighborhood of St. Louis. The church was damaged when the May 16, 2025, tornado ravaged the neighborhood. Church volunteer Patricia "Ms. Pat" Penelton died when the building collapsed.
Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch
A crew with SLT Demolition LLC works on demolishing the Centennial Christian Church on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in the Fountain Park neighborhood of St. Louis. The church was damaged when the May 16, 2025 tornado ravaged the neighborhood. Church volunteer Patricia "Ms. Pat" Penelton died when the building collapsed.
FOUNTAIN PARK — Charlene Mayberry watched from her car as a yellow excavator moved piles of debris around what was left of Centennial Christian Church in north St. Louis.
Page had said he would not go unless a judge clarifies a county ordinance, passed in September, that makes the council chair acting county exe…
A crew with SLT Demolition LLC works on demolishing the Centennial Christian Church on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in the Fountain Park neighborhood of St. Louis. The church was damaged when the May 16, 2025, tornado ravaged the neighborhood. Church volunteer Patricia "Ms. Pat" Penelton died when the building collapsed.
A crew with SLT Demolition LLC works on demolishing the Centennial Christian Church on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in the Fountain Park neighborhood of St. Louis. The church was damaged when the May 16, 2025 tornado ravaged the neighborhood. Church volunteer Patricia "Ms. Pat" Penelton died when the building collapsed.