I’m finishing up a new version of the AWSOM News Announcement plugin and should have it up in the next day or so.
New feature: You no longer need to edit your theme file to have the announcement show up in it’s default location above your posts on the index page! You will still have the option to place it in a custom location using the placement code, and it has legacy support for anyone with version 1.0.2, so you don’t have to change anything if you don’t want to.
If you have our RSS feed set up you’ll get the announcement when I post the New Version, otherwise check the version number listed in the left box and grab it when you see it listed as 1.1.0.