There is a news widget included with ServiceNow with a scrolling feature. I don't like the scrolling feature, because I would rather just see a list of items all at once.

So I made a gadget that doesn't have the scroll.

Screenshot

Notes

1. This widget has html formatting you can remove or adjust to match your instance.
2. This widget can be used on a homepage or cms site. You may want to create two news widgets, one for homepages, and another for a cms site, depending on what is needed.

How to create the News Widget

Step 1: Adjust the "Gadgets" Widget

1. In the Left Navigation Bar, Go to System UI > Widgets.
2. Open the "Gadgets" widget.
3. Adjust the function sections() to include your new widget.

function sections() {
return {
'Sticky Note' : { 'type' : 'sticky', 'content' : 'Default sticky note text here.' },
'News' : { 'type' : 'news' },
'SNE News' : { 'type' : 'sne_news' },
'System Information' : {
'Overview' : { 'type' : 'system', 'action' : 'overview' },
'Last Upgrade' : { 'type' : 'system', 'action' : 'upgrade_history' }
},
'Priority 1 Incidents' : { 'type' : 'priority_incidents' },
'Priority 1 Problems' : { 'type' : 'priority_problems' },
'Emergency Changes' : { 'type' : 'emergency_changes' },
'Knowledge Search' : { 'type' : 'knowledge_search' }
};
}

4. Click Save

Step 2: Add the UI Page

1. In the Left Navigation Bar, Go to System UI > UI Pages.
2. Click New
3. Add New UI Page

UI Page: render_gadget_sne_news

HTML:
<g:ui_form>
      <g:ui_table>
        <table id="sne_news_gadget" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE;border:none;width:700px;padding-bottom:10px;">
         <tr style="background:#003F5D;"> 
            <td colspan="2" style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center">
               <p><span style="color:#FFF;font-size:30px;"><strong>NEWS</strong></span></p>
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr style="height:10px;"><td></td></tr>
         <g:evaluate>
            var kb = new GlideRecord('kb_knowledge');
            kb.setCategory('homepage');
            kb.addQuery('topic','News'); 
            kb.setLimit(5);
            kb.orderByDesc('published');
            kb.query();
         </g:evaluate>
         <j:while test="$">
            <tr style="height:24px;">
               <td style="padding-left:20px;">
                  <a class="linked" target="_self" href="kb_view.do?sys_kb_id=$[kb.sys_id]">$</a>
               </td>
               <td style="float:right;padding-right:0px;">$</td>
            </tr>
         </j:while>
         <tr>
             <td style="padding-top:10px;" align="center" colspan="2"><a href="kb_list.do?jvar_view_topic=News" class="linked">${gs.getMessage("View all active news")}</a></td>
         </tr>
       </table>
      </g:ui_table>
</g:ui_form>

4. Click Save

Step 3: Add to Home Page

1. When viewing a Home Page. Click add content
2. Click Gadgets > SNE News
3. Gadget is added to the form

Update Set

NonScrollNewsWidget_ServiceNowELITE.xml