Kersee, a six-time Olympic medalist, is a beacon of hope for the youth of East St. Louis through her JJK Foundation.

We’ll meet again.” This message is short and simple, but the implications are massive for the future of JJK. This message could be interpreted in two ways. For one, it potentially teases ...

Kersee, who will be the featured speaker at the RVA Sports Awards, set the world record in the heptathlon during the 1988 Olympic Games in South Korea.

The 33-year-old came to the JJK Community Center as a third grader. "All the programs we had here helped cultivate everything ...