diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f81ee66b..4f148a2f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -105,4 +105,6 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'letter_opener' # Use this just in local test environments
   gem 'brakeman'
   gem 'guard-brakeman'
+  gem 'timecop'
+  gem 'rails-controller-testing'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bc9c4bd1..3c142622 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ GEM
     rails-assets-growl (1.3.5)
       rails-assets-jquery
     rails-assets-jquery (2.2.4)
+    rails-controller-testing (1.0.4)
+      actionpack (>= 5.0.1.x)
+      actionview (>= 5.0.1.x)
+      activesupport (>= 5.0.1.x)
     rails-dom-testing (2.0.3)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.6)
@@ -459,6 +463,7 @@ GEM
     thor (1.0.1)
     thread_safe (0.3.6)
     tilt (2.0.10)
+    timecop (0.9.1)
     tiny-color-rails (0.0.2)
       railties (>= 3.0)
     turbolinks (2.5.4)
@@ -553,6 +558,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails (~> 5.2)
   rails-assets-growl!
   rails-assets-jquery (~> 2.2.0)!
+  rails-controller-testing
   rails-i18n (~> 5.0)
   rails_admin
   rake
@@ -570,6 +576,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   simplecov-rcov
   spring (~> 2.0)
   sweetalert-rails
+  timecop
   tiny-color-rails
   tumblr_client!
   turbolinks (~> 2.5.3)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb.coffee
index b135cf66..73e9ef73 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb.coffee
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ _ready = ->
       lineColor: bodyColor
       density: 23000
 
+  $(".alert-announcement").each ->
+    aId = $(this)[0].dataset.announcementId
+    unless (window.localStorage.getItem("announcement#{aId}"))
+      $(this).toggleClass("hidden")
+
+  $(document).on "click", ".alert-announcement button.close", (evt) ->
+    announcement = event.target.closest(".alert-announcement")
+    aId = announcement.dataset.announcementId
+    window.localStorage.setItem("announcement#{aId}", true)
+
   $('.arctic_scroll').arctic_scroll speed: 500
 
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/announcement_controller.rb b/app/controllers/announcement_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee2bbb24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/announcement_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+class AnnouncementController < ApplicationController
+  before_action :authenticate_user!
+
+  def index
+    @announcements = Announcement.all
+  end
+
+  def new
+    @announcement = Announcement.new
+  end
+
+  def create
+    @announcement = Announcement.new(announcement_params)
+    @announcement.user = current_user
+    if @announcement.save
+      flash[:success] = "Announcement created successfully."
+      redirect_to action: :index
+    else
+      render 'announcement/new'
+    end
+  end
+
+  def edit
+    @announcement = Announcement.find(params[:id])
+  end
+
+  def update
+    @announcement = Announcement.find(params[:id])
+    @announcement.update(announcement_params)
+    if @announcement.save
+      flash[:success] = "Announcement updated successfully."
+      redirect_to announcement_index_path
+    else
+      render 'announcement/edit'
+    end
+  end
+
+  def destroy
+    if Announcement.destroy(params[:id])
+      flash[:success] = "Announcement deleted successfully."
+    else
+      flash[:error] = "Failed to delete announcement."
+    end
+    redirect_to announcement_index_path
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def announcement_params
+    params.require(:announcement).permit(:content, :link_text, :link_href, :starts_at, :ends_at)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index ccc1e3f9..e5c9919b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   before_action :configure_permitted_parameters, if: :devise_controller?
   before_action :check_locale
   before_action :banned?
+  before_action :find_active_announcements
 
   # check if user wants to read
   def check_locale
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     end
   end
 
+  def find_active_announcements
+    @active_announcements ||= Announcement.find_active
+  end
+
   include ApplicationHelper
 
   protected
diff --git a/app/helpers/announcement_helper.rb b/app/helpers/announcement_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b71ddc14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/announcement_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module AnnouncementHelper
+end
diff --git a/app/models/announcement.rb b/app/models/announcement.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3014a117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/announcement.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+class Announcement < ApplicationRecord
+  belongs_to :user
+
+  validates :content, presence: true
+  validates :starts_at, presence: true
+  validates :link_href, presence: true, if: -> { link_text.present? }
+  validate :starts_at, :validate_date_range
+
+  def self.find_active
+    Rails.cache.fetch "announcement_active", expires_in: 1.minute do
+      where "starts_at <= :now AND ends_at > :now", now: Time.current
+    end
+  end
+
+  def active?
+    Time.now.utc >= starts_at && Time.now.utc < ends_at
+  end
+
+  def link_present?
+    link_text.present?
+  end
+
+  def validate_date_range
+    if starts_at > ends_at
+      errors.add(:starts_at, "Start date must be before end date")
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/announcement/edit.html.haml b/app/views/announcement/edit.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee7eb3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/announcement/edit.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+- provide(:title, generate_title("Edit announcement"))
+.container.j2-page
+  = bootstrap_form_for(@announcement, url: {action: "update"}, method: "PATCH") do |f|
+    - if @announcement.errors.any?
+      .row
+        .col-md-12
+          .alert.alert-danger
+            %strong
+              = pluralize(@announcement.errors.count, "error")
+              prohibited this announcement from being saved:
+            %ul
+              - @announcement.errors.full_messages.each do |err|
+                %li= err
+    .row
+      .col-md-12
+        = f.text_area :content, label: "Content"
+    .row
+      .col-md-6
+        = f.url_field :link_href, label: "Link URL"
+      .col-md-6
+        = f.datetime_field :link_text, label: "Link text"
+    .row
+      .col-md-6
+        = f.datetime_field :starts_at, label: "Start time"
+      .col-md-6
+        = f.datetime_field :ends_at, label: "End time"
+    .row
+      .col-md-12.text-right
+        = f.submit class: "btn btn-primary"
diff --git a/app/views/announcement/index.html.haml b/app/views/announcement/index.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d117c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/announcement/index.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+- provide(:title, generate_title("Announcements"))
+.container.j2-page
+  .row
+    .col-md-12
+      = link_to "Add new", :announcement_new, class: "btn btn-default"
+  - @announcements.each do |announcement|
+    .panel.panel-default
+      .panel-heading
+        = announcement.starts_at
+      .panel-body
+        = announcement.content
+      .panel-footer
+        = button_to "Edit", announcement_edit_path(id: announcement.id), method: :get, class: 'btn btn-link'
+        = button_to "Delete", announcement_destroy_path(id: announcement.id), method: :delete, class: 'btn btn-link', confirm: 'Are you sure you want to delete this announcement?'
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diff --git a/app/views/announcement/new.html.haml b/app/views/announcement/new.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25942f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/announcement/new.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+- provide(:title, generate_title("Add new announcement"))
+.container.j2-page
+  = bootstrap_form_for(@announcement, url: {action: "create"}) do |f|
+    - if @announcement.errors.any?
+      .row
+        .col-md-12
+          .alert.alert-danger
+            %strong
+              = pluralize(@announcement.errors.count, "error")
+              prohibited this announcement from being saved:
+            %ul
+              - @announcement.errors.full_messages.each do |err|
+                %li= err
+    .row
+      .col-md-12
+        = f.text_area :content, label: "Content"
+    .row
+      .col-md-6
+        = f.url_field :link_href, label: "Link URL"
+      .col-md-6
+        = f.datetime_field :link_text, label: "Link text"
+    .row
+      .col-md-6
+        = f.datetime_field :starts_at, label: "Start time"
+      .col-md-6
+        = f.datetime_field :ends_at, label: "End time"
+    .row
+      .col-md-12.text-right
+        = f.submit class: "btn btn-primary"
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_profile.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_profile.html.haml
index d01c7293..519195db 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_profile.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_profile.html.haml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
         %a{href: pghero_path}
           %i.fa.fa-fw.fa-database
           Database Monitor
+      %li
+        %a{href: announcement_index_path}
+          %i.fa.fa-fw.fa-info
+          Announcements
       %li.divider
     - if current_user.mod?
       %li
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 12f5e08b..d40a87d8 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     = csrf_meta_tags
   %body#version1
     = render 'layouts/header'
+    = render 'shared/announcements'
     = yield
     = render 'shared/locales'
     - if Rails.env.development?
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_announcements.haml b/app/views/shared/_announcements.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99fa74d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/shared/_announcements.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.container.announcements
+  - @active_announcements.each do |announcement|
+    .alert.alert-announcement.alert-info.alert-dismissable.hidden{ data: { 'announcement-id': announcement.id } }
+      %button.close{ type: "button", "data-dismiss" => "alert" }
+        %span{ "aria-hidden" => "true" } &times;
+      %p= announcement.content
+      - if announcement.link_present?
+        %a.alert-link{ href: announcement.link_href }= announcement.link_text
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index e5ac3191..5d3e2464 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
     mount Sidekiq::Web, at: "/sidekiq"
     mount PgHero::Engine, at: "/pghero", as: "pghero"
+
+    match "/admin/announcements", to: "announcement#index", via: :get, as: :announcement_index
+    match "/admin/announcements", to: "announcement#create", via: :post, as: :announcement_create
+    match "/admin/announcements/new", to: "announcement#new", via: :get, as: :announcement_new
+    match "/admin/announcements/:id/edit", to: "announcement#edit", via: :get, as: :announcement_edit
+    match "/admin/announcements/:id", to: "announcement#update", via: :patch, as: :announcement_update
+    match "/admin/announcements/:id", to: "announcement#destroy", via: :delete, as: :announcement_destroy
   end
 
   # Moderation panel
diff --git a/db/migrate/20200419183714_create_announcements.rb b/db/migrate/20200419183714_create_announcements.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1aedd713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20200419183714_create_announcements.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class CreateAnnouncements < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    create_table :announcements do |t|
+      t.text :content, null: false
+      t.string :link_text
+      t.string :link_href
+      t.datetime :starts_at, null: false
+      t.datetime :ends_at, null: false
+      t.belongs_to :user, null: false
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 02d34dfe..1b8db168 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_04_19_185535) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
+  create_table "announcements", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.text "content", null: false
+    t.string "link_text"
+    t.string "link_href"
+    t.datetime "starts_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "ends_at", null: false
+    t.bigint "user_id", null: false
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_announcements_on_user_id"
+  end
+
   create_table "answers", id: :serial, force: :cascade do |t|
     t.text "content"
     t.integer "question_id"
diff --git a/spec/controllers/announcement_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/announcement_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4af41374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/announcement_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "rails_helper"
+
+describe AnnouncementController, type: :controller do
+  let(:user) { FactoryBot.create(:user, roles: [:administrator]) }
+
+  describe "#index" do
+    subject { get :index }
+
+    context "user signed in" do
+      before(:each) { sign_in(user) }
+
+      it "renders the index template" do
+        subject
+        expect(response).to render_template(:index)
+      end
+
+      context "no announcements" do
+        it "@announcements is empty" do
+          subject
+          expect(assigns(:announcements)).to be_blank
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "one announcement" do
+        let!(:announcement) { Announcement.create(content: "I am announcement", user: user, starts_at: Time.current, ends_at: Time.current + 2.days) }
+
+        it "includes the announcement in the @announcements assign" do
+          subject
+          expect(assigns(:announcements)).to include(announcement)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#new" do
+    subject { get :new }
+
+    context "user signed in" do
+      before(:each) { sign_in(user) }
+
+      it "renders the new template" do
+        subject
+        expect(response).to render_template(:new)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#create" do
+    let :announcement_params do
+      {
+        announcement: {
+          content: "I like dogs!",
+          starts_at: Time.current,
+          ends_at: Time.current + 2.days
+        }
+      }
+    end
+
+    subject { post :create, params: announcement_params }
+
+    context "user signed in" do
+      before(:each) { sign_in(user) }
+
+      it "creates an announcement" do
+        expect { subject }.to change { Announcement.count }.by(1)
+      end
+
+      it "redirects to announcement#index" do
+        subject
+        expect(response).to redirect_to(:announcement_index)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#edit" do
+    let! :announcement do
+      Announcement.create(content: "Dogs are pretty cool, I guess",
+                          starts_at: Time.current + 3.days,
+                          ends_at: Time.current + 10.days,
+                          user: user)
+    end
+
+    subject { get :edit, params: { id: announcement.id } }
+
+    context "user signed in" do
+      before(:each) { sign_in(user) }
+
+      it "renders the edit template" do
+        subject
+        expect(response).to render_template(:edit)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#update" do
+    let :announcement_params do
+      {
+        content: "The trebuchet is the superior siege weapon"
+      }
+    end
+
+    let! :announcement do
+      Announcement.create(content: "Dogs are pretty cool, I guess",
+                          starts_at: Time.current + 3.days,
+                          ends_at: Time.current + 10.days,
+                          user: user)
+    end
+
+    subject do
+      patch :update, params: {
+        id: announcement.id,
+        announcement: announcement_params
+      }
+    end
+
+    context "user signed in" do
+      before(:each) { sign_in(user) }
+
+      it "updates the announcement" do
+        subject
+        updated = Announcement.find announcement.id
+        expect(updated.content).to eq(announcement_params[:content])
+      end
+
+      it "redirects to announcement#index" do
+        subject
+        expect(response).to redirect_to(:announcement_index)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#destroy" do
+    let! :announcement do
+      Announcement.create(content: "Dogs are pretty cool, I guess",
+                          starts_at: Time.current + 3.days,
+                          ends_at: Time.current + 10.days,
+                          user: user)
+    end
+
+    subject { delete :destroy, params: { id: announcement.id } }
+
+    context "user signed in" do
+      before(:each) { sign_in(user) }
+
+      it "deletes the announcement" do
+        expect { subject }.to change { Announcement.count }.by(-1)
+      end
+
+      it "redirects to announcement#index" do
+        subject
+        expect(response).to redirect_to(:announcement_index)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/spec/models/announcement_spec.rb b/spec/models/announcement_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35a76d78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/announcement_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe(Announcement, type: :model) do
+  let!(:user) { FactoryBot.create :user }
+  let!(:me) do
+    Announcement.new(
+      content: "Raccoon",
+      starts_at: Time.current,
+      ends_at: Time.current + 1.day,
+      user: user
+    )
+  end
+
+  describe "#active?" do
+    it "returns true when the current time is between starts_at and ends_at" do
+      expect(me.active?).to be(true)
+    end
+
+    it "returns false when the current time is before starts_at" do
+      Timecop.freeze(me.starts_at - 1.second)
+      expect(me.active?).to be(false)
+      Timecop.return
+    end
+
+    it "returns false when the current time is after ends_at" do
+      Timecop.freeze(me.ends_at)
+      expect(me.active?).to be(false)
+      Timecop.return
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#link_present?" do
+    it "returns true if a link is present" do
+      me.link_text = "Very good dogs"
+      me.link_href = "https://www.reddit.com/r/rarepuppers/"
+      expect(me.link_present?).to be(true)
+    end
+
+    it "returns false if a link is not present" do
+      me.link_text = nil
+      me.link_href = nil
+      expect(me.link_present?).to be(false)
+    end
+  end
+end
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