In the instructions above under
How do I change the color of the background?
To change the background color you should be able to just edit the $vbnews_ticker template and add something like this in this div tag:
There is a part that says
Code:
<div align="center" style="padding:7px">
Remove the
style="padding:7px"
To add the "Latest news:" in front edit that same code and put that right after the
>.
So your code would be something like
Code:
<div align="center">Latest News: