I have one running in !beds@feddit.uk as otherwise there would be nothing in it other than the odd article I’d post manually. The idea is that I will remove it if the community grows enough that the bot is just adding noise. At the moment there’s minimal engagement, but I find it useful as I see the local news rather than looking for it elsewhere and having to post it.
It runs off of RSS feeds. Here if you want to look/use as inspiration: github.com/chris-y/rsstolemmyI’m not sure if that’s the latest version but it should do the job.