<?php

                                $category_news = new WP_Query(array(
                                    'post_type'         => 'post',
                                    'posts_per_page'    => 1,
                                ));

                            ?>

                            <?php if ($category_news->have_posts()) : ?> <?php while ($category_news->have_posts()) : ?><?php $category_news->the_post();?>
                                <?php
                                    global $post;
                                    $news_img = get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, 'news-img');
                                ?>
                                <div class="featured_post fix">
                                    <div class="featured_post_img">
                                    <?php if ($news_img) : ?>
                                        <a href="<?php the_permalink();?>" title="<?php the_title();?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('news-img'); ?></a>
                                    <?php else : ?>
                                        <a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><img src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/img/newspaper.jpg" alt="" /></a>
                                    <?php endif; ?>
                                    </div>
                                    <a href="<?php the_permalink();?>" title="<?php the_title();?>"><h2><?php the_title();?></h2></a>

                                    <p><?php echo excerpt(70); ?></p>
                                    <a href="<?php the_permalink();?>" class="readmore" title="<?php the_title();?>"><?php echo $newsbar['button-text'];?></a>
                                </div>
                            <?php endwhile; endif; ?>