ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Residents of a Utah city that has adopted a nickname with ties to the Confederacy held a rally to support the name. The Spectrum reports a crowd gathered in St. George Thursday to defend the use of Dixie as the community’s unofficial second name. The city in Utah’s southwest corner has a street called Dixie Drive and is home to Dixie State University, Dixie Technical College and Dixie Regional Medical Center. Recent nationwide protests have cast a spotlight on lingering connections to the Confederacy. St. George Mayor Jon Pike says there are no plans to rename city properties.