Many people from all over the country will be in the Queen City, and organizers are looking to use this as an opportunity to shine a positive light on Meridian.

Jamal Roberts has officially made it through another elimination round on "American Idol" Season 23, becoming the sixth Mississippian in the show's history to break the Top 10. Roberts, a 27-year-old P.E. teacher at Crestwood Elementary, started his "Ameri ...