news.html

<div class="well">
  <h4><b>Latest News</b></h4>
  <div style="height: 300px; overflow-y: auto;">

    {% capture raw_items %}
      {% for item in site.data.news %}
        {{ item.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}|{{ item.headline }}|{{ item.link }}|{% unless forloop.last %}::{% endunless %}
      {% endfor %}
      {% for post in site.posts %}
        {% if post.tags contains 'announcement' %}
          ::{{ post.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}|{{ post.title }}|{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}|BLOG
        {% endif %}
      {% endfor %}
    {% endcapture %}

    {% assign news_array = raw_items | split: "::" | sort | reverse %}

    {% for entry in news_array limit:5 %}
      {% assign details = entry | split: "|" %}
      {% assign item_date    = details[0] | strip %}
      {% assign item_title   = details[1] | strip %}
      {% assign item_link    = details[2] | strip %}
      {% assign item_type    = details[3] | strip %}

      {% if item_title != "" %}
        <p style="margin-bottom: 12px; line-height: 1.3;">
          <small class=" {% if item_type == 'BLOG' %}label label-primary{% else %}label-default{% endif %}"
                 style="font-size: 8px; vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;">
            {{ item_type }}
          </small>
          <a href="{{ item_link }}">{{ item_title }}</a>
          <br>
            {% include date.html date=item_date %}
        </p>
      {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}

  </div>
  <h4><a href="{{ site.url }}{{ site.baseurl }}/allnews">... see all news</a></h4>
</div>