edeneye

Breaking Bar is a simple plugin which monitors any chosen category for posts. If there are posts in that category, 
the plugin displays (via the [breaking-bar] shortcode) a prominent bar with the latest post from that category. 
If there are no posts in the chosen category, Breaking Bar stays hidden. Once the shortcode is in place, this allows 
editors and authors to add posts to the Breaking Bar simply by properly categorizing the post.
Current options include:
<ul>
<li>Category selection</li>
<li>A text field for a custom label, (e.g. “Breaking” or “Latest”)</li>
<li>Color options for background, label(text) and link</li>
</ul>

Breaking Bar

A simple breaking news bar that monitors a chosen category and is displayed via a shortcode.

twinpictures

Baden

jQuery animated WordPress widget that displays the newest of news in a a silky smooth scrolling news ticker in the sidebar. <a href='http://plugins.twinpictures.de/plugins/list-related-attachments/documentation/' rel="nofollow ugc">Full documentation</a> is available to delight and inform. Need help? Check out the <a href='https://wordpress.org/tags/news-tick-o-matic' rel="ugc">excellent, free community support</a> here on WordPress. Need a heaping’ helping’ of help? <a href='http://plugins.twinpictures.de/plugins/news-tick-o-matic/support/' rel="nofollow ugc">Premium support</a> is available for at crazy low rates.

News Tick-O-Matic

Animated news ticker—display the newest news a smoothly scrolling sidebar.

Breaking Bar vs News Tick-O-Matic