*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. EAST ST. LOUIS • On a recent day in her old neighborhood, track superstar Jackie Joyner-Kersee stopped by 1433 Piggott ...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee Community Center expanding to provide more services in East St. Louis. ... It will also boast new fields for baseball, football and soccer and a wrestling center.

Her foundation also built the $12 million Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in poverty-striken East St. Louis, providing a venue for community, guidance and after-school care for area youth.

The Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center is alive and well in East St. Louis, IL where she was born. ... [football, basketball, softball, volleyball, soccer, dance and track] here every day.

“It inspires me, motivates me, you know, to keep doing what I'm doing,” Joyner-Kersee said. "The miracle on 25th Street, the house that Jackie built is now no longer just a house.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Hundreds of girls participated in an event at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center to celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Wednesday. National Girls and Women in ...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee. By Kelsey Volkmann. Jan 24, 2011. The Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center reopened Monday under a partnership with the East St. Louis School District. ...

Joyner-Kersee established her foundation in 1988 and raised more $12 million to build the center in East St. Louis two years later. The center measures 41,000 square feet on 37 acres and includes ...

Six-time Olympic Medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee graced the stage at the Connecticut Convention Center to talk about the importance of equity at the 28th “In the Company of Women Luncheon ...