diff --git a/templates/themes/recent/info.php b/templates/themes/recent/info.php
index 58448b3d..bea3513c 100644
--- a/templates/themes/recent/info.php
+++ b/templates/themes/recent/info.php
@@ -64,12 +64,21 @@
 		'comment' => '(eg. "recent.css" - see templates/themes/recent for details)'
 	);
 	
+	$theme['config'][] = Array(
+		'title' => '# of recent news',
+		'name' => 'limit_news',
+		'type' => 'text',
+		'default' => '1',
+		'comment' => '(maximum news to display)'
+	);
 	// Unique function name for building everything
 	$theme['build_function'] = 'recentposts_build';
 	$theme['install_callback'] = 'recentposts_install';
 
 	if (!function_exists('recentposts_install')) {
 		function recentposts_install($settings) {
+			if (!is_numeric($settings['limit_news']) || $settings['limit_news'] < 0)
+				return Array(false, '<strong>' . utf8tohtml($settings['limit_news']) . '</strong> is not a non-negative integer.');
 			if (!is_numeric($settings['limit_images']) || $settings['limit_images'] < 0)
 				return Array(false, '<strong>' . utf8tohtml($settings['limit_images']) . '</strong> is not a non-negative integer.');
 			if (!is_numeric($settings['limit_posts']) || $settings['limit_posts'] < 0)
diff --git a/templates/themes/recent/recent.css b/templates/themes/recent/recent.css
index 2559bcc3..0bc6efa7 100644
--- a/templates/themes/recent/recent.css
+++ b/templates/themes/recent/recent.css
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ body
 	color: #7fdd57;
 	border: 0px solid #006;
 	float: right;
-	width: 50%;
+	width: 40%;
 }
 
 .box h2 {
diff --git a/templates/themes/recent/recent.html b/templates/themes/recent/recent.html
index c7802aaf..7ae8f5c2 100644
--- a/templates/themes/recent/recent.html
+++ b/templates/themes/recent/recent.html
@@ -33,7 +33,24 @@
      <div class="ban" id="global2">      <h2>CYBERPUNK IS DUCK</h2>  Pour out the Soykaf, lurk, and read the <a href="https://lainchan.org/rules">rules</a> before posting!    </div> 
 	<center>    <img alt="mascot" class="lain_banner" src="static/duck.png"></center>
     <br>
-
+     <div class="ban" id="global3">   
+			<h2>Latest News</h2>
+		{% if recent_news|count == 0 %}
+			<p style="text-align:center" class="unimportant">(No news to show.)</p>
+		{% else %}
+			{% for entry in recent_news %}
+				<h4 id="{{ entry.id }}">
+					{% if entry.subject %}
+						{{ entry.subject }}
+					{% else %}
+						<em>no subject</em>
+					{% endif %}
+					<span class="unimportant"> &mdash; by {{ entry.name }} at {{ entry.time|date(config.post_date, config.timezone) }}</span>
+				</h4>
+				<p>{{ entry.body }}</p>
+			{% endfor %}
+		{% endif %}
+		</div>
 	<div class="ban" id="global">
 		<div class="box left">
 			<h2>Recent Images</h2>
@@ -59,6 +76,7 @@
 					</li>
 				{% endfor %}
 			</ul>
+	</div>
 		</div>
 		<div class="box right">
 			<h2>Stats</h2>
diff --git a/templates/themes/recent/theme.php b/templates/themes/recent/theme.php
index d4d4e9b8..7081346b 100644
--- a/templates/themes/recent/theme.php
+++ b/templates/themes/recent/theme.php
@@ -147,13 +147,17 @@
 				$stats['active_content'] += array_sum($matches[1]);
 			}
 			
+			$query = query("SELECT * FROM ``news`` ORDER BY `time` DESC" . ($settings['limit_news'] ? ' LIMIT ' . $settings['limit_news'] : '')) or error(db_error());
+			$recent_news = $query->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+			
 			return Element('themes/recent/recent.html', Array(
 				'settings' => $settings,
 				'config' => $config,
 				'boardlist' => createBoardlist(),
 				'recent_images' => $recent_images,
 				'recent_posts' => $recent_posts,
-				'stats' => $stats
+				'stats' => $stats,
+				'recent_news' => $recent_news,
 			));
 		}
 	};