diff --git a/action/news.txt b/action/news.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa36c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/action/news.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+If you aren't already in Discord, join us @ https://discord.aq2world.com/ ! <<<
+Don't forget to visit our forums @ https://forums.aq2world.com/ ! <<<
+Congrats to matic for his Map Jam-winning map, torg! <<<
+Watch for new events in Discord, such as our regular CTF matches! <<<
diff --git a/plugins/cvarbans.lua b/plugins/cvarbans.lua
index a4f29f9..371f065 100644
--- a/plugins/cvarbans.lua
+++ b/plugins/cvarbans.lua
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function q2a_load(config)
     return 0
   end
 
-  gi.dprintf("cvarbans.lua q2a_load(): Checking/Downloading new cvarbans... ")
+  gi.dprintf("cvarbans.lua q2a_load(): Checking/Downloading new cvarbans...\n")
   cvarbans_update = root_dir..'plugins/cvarbans_update.sh  "'..url..'" "'..game..'"'
   cvarbans_os_exec(cvarbans_update) -- check for updated cvarbanlist on load
 end
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diff --git a/plugins/news.lua b/plugins/news.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6910b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/news.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+local version = "1.0"
+gi.AddCommandString("set q2a_news "..version.."\n")
+local game = gi.cvar("game", "").string
+local broadcasts = {}
+
+function wait (millisecond)
+end
+
+function load_news()
+    for line in io.lines('action/news.txt') do
+        table.insert(broadcasts, line)
+    end
+end
+
+function news_os_exec(script)
+    os.execute(script)
+    wait(1000) -- wait 1s to make sure download is complete and went smooth
+    local last_update = os.date()
+    gi.AddCommandString('sets news_update '..last_update..'\n') -- write update time to cvar
+    load_news()
+end
+
+function q2a_load(config)
+    gi.dprintf("news.lua q2a_load(): "..version.." for Action Quake 2 loaded.\n")
+    
+    root_dir = config.root_dir
+    url = config.url
+    if root_dir == nil then
+      gi.dprintf("news.lua q2a_load(): 'root_dir' not defined in the config.lua file... aborting\n")
+      return 0
+    end
+    if url == nil then
+      gi.dprintf("news.lua q2a_load(): 'url' not defined in the config.lua file... aborting\n")
+      return 0
+    end
+  
+    gi.dprintf("news.lua q2a_load(): Checking/Downloading news...\n")
+    news_update = root_dir..'plugins/news_update.sh  "'..url..'" "'..game..'"'
+    news_os_exec(news_update) -- check for updated news on load
+end
+
+
+local current_index = 1
+local last_check = os.time()
+
+function RunFrame()
+    local now = os.time()
+
+    if now - last_check >= 600 then  -- 600 seconds = 10 minutes
+        local bcast = broadcasts[current_index]
+        gi.bprintf(PRINT_CHAT, '*** '..bcast..'\n')
+
+        current_index = current_index + 1
+        if current_index > #broadcasts then
+            current_index = 1
+        end
+
+        last_check = now
+    end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/news_update.sh b/plugins/news_update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..82f52d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/news_update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+# a script that checks and downloads of the news master file
+
+# download URL
+url="$1"
+gamedir="$2"
+# bypass modsecurity
+usaragent="-d --user-agent=news-update-script"
+# parse the filename from the download path
+filename=$(echo $url | sed -n 's/^\(.*\/\)*\(.*\)/\2/p')
+
+# script to download latest news.txt from github
+cd "${0%/*}"    # cd to current dir
+cd ../$gamedir/   # cd back and to game dir
+
+#### script
+# download the file if updated since last time, and output wheter it updated or not to console
+
+if [[ "$url" == *"githubusercontent"* ]]; then
+  # not using -N switch for wget since github does not support "last update" parameter, the file will be downloaded on every check, wich is not optimal
+  wget -O $filename $url 2>&1 | tee | grep -E 'Omitting download|"news.txt" saved|ERROR 404: Not Found'
+else
+  # using -N switch for wget since the file os not hosted on github, best solution, since file will only be downloaded if changed
+  wget $usaragent -N $url 2>&1 | tee | grep -E 'Omitting download|"news.txt" saved|ERROR 404: Not Found'
+fi
+
+exit
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