An avatar url field for each member so you dont have to enter it manually each time in the add news

Nvm, I was mistaken.

But how about an ability to lock posts so other writers cannot modify your news post if you dont want them to or lock their post after you edit it so that they dont edit it back

The line of code that Ipstenu suggested fixes the problem except for the fact that it casues CuteNews to autoarchive every time there is more than 1 post. Instead of using the code he wrote, use the one below, it is exactly the same except a >= was changed to >.

if ( ($now[year] > (int)$last_archived[year]) or ($now[year] == (int)$last_archived[year] and $now[month] > (int)$last_archived[month]) ) {