Last week, school districts in Texas and Arkansas decided to rid themselves of their “Dixie” fight songs as controversy continues to bubble up over schools’ use of Confederate-themed imagery. In Fort ...

33756828Fort Smith Southside Principal Wayne Haver 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."It's amazing ...

FORT SMITH -- The question of whether to do away with Fort Smith Southside High School's Rebel mascot and "Dixie" fight song has raised passions among residents since it was brought up a month ago.

UPDATE: The Hays CISD school board voted Thursday night to allow "Dixie" to be on the ballot for students when they vote for a new fight song. BUDA, Texas -- The Hays High Rebels are known for their ...

Hays High School students will get to choose their new fight song, and if it ends up being “Dixie,” the district won’t stop them. Hays schools Superintendent Michael McKie made the announcement at a ...

FORT SMITH -- Southside High School has a new fight song, and Principal Wayne Haver said he wants to have a new mascot chosen by the end of the year. Haver, who opposed eliminating the school's ...

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. Tuesday night, all six members of the Fort ...

REFUGIO, Texas — The board of trustees of an independent school district in Texas on Tuesday voted unanimously to discontinue the use of a fight song that some students and alumni have called racist.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA (WJHL)- A long standing tradition at a Southwest Virginia high school is changing, and it has some community members upset. Viewers told News Channel 11 starting this Fall, the ...

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 their ...

The Fort Smith School Board voted 7-0 to change the mascot and fight song at Southside High School in meeting Monday night.The meeting was open to the public, and comment was allowed for two hours ...