HUNTSVILLE -- The owners of the Faubus Motel in Northwest Arkansas say they replaced Old Glory with a Confederate flag outside their business after the election of Barack Obama -- but not because the new president is black.

The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States fell by 75 this week to 1,866. Of the rigs running nationwide, 1,443 were exploring for natural gas and 412 for oil.

FORT SMITH - Arkansas is the third largest turkey producer in the United States; expected to grow 31 million this year alone. 5NEWS spent the day at an Ozark turkey farm where the birds end up as the Butterball brand on your family's table.

A 2.09-carat potentially flawless diamond was recently found in the Arkansas Crater of Diamonds State Park “Field of Dreams” near Murfreesboro, Ark. Rhonda Bankston of Baton Rouge named her diamond “Dream Angel” after she unearthed it Nov. 16.

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas will receive a $770,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a novel method of storing thermal energy in concrete. The award and research project are part of the federal government's in