Last week, school districts in Texas and Arkansas decided to rid themselves of their "Dixie" fight songs as controversy continues to bubble over schools' use of Confederate-themed imagery.

Fort Smith Southside Principal Wayne Haven told 40/29 News he opposes the Board of Education committee's vote to remove the school's Rebel mascot and fight song Tuesday night.

He said while he understands the song Dixie has been played at football games and other school events in the past, Patrick Henry has never had an official fight song—something that is changing ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A school board in northwestern Arkansas voted Monday to drop a high school's "Johnny Reb" mascot and "Dixie" fight song after the shooting deaths of nine people inside ...

An Arkansas school district made the unanimous decision to drop its mascot and fight song over the debate of racism and symbols that is facing the nation.

Haver, who opposed eliminating the school's 52-year-old Rebel mascot and "Dixie" as the fight song, was selected to head a committee that will choose the school's new mascot.

The Fort Smith School Board voted 7-0 to ban Southside High School's use of the "Rebel" mascot and "Dixie" fight song in a meeting on Monday.

The district earlier this month sought public input on the fate of the song and whether to change the school’s Confederacy-related mascot, the Rebel. Hays Consolidated Independent School ...

What's more surprising than Walmart taking the initiative to remove Confederate flag-themed items from its shelves? Try the Forth Smith School Board voting to phase out the "Rebel" as mascot of ...

He would eventually play at Mary Hardin-Baylor. Calvin said the story of Hays High traditions must be told in three parts: The Confederate flag, the song “Dixie” and the Rebel mascot.

Statement Regarding Hays HS Rebel Mascot Hays CISD and Hays High Sc... hool have made great strides by banning the confederate flag and eliminating Dixie as the fight song at Hays High School, but ...

HAYS COUNTY -- Hays County school district officials have officially retired the use of the fight song "Dixie" at Hays High School activities, according to a news release by the district Tuesday.