News and statistics in the left column

[eluser]Bikun[/eluser]
Could somebody point me to the solution?

I need to show news and statistics on every page of the web site. In my left_view.php I have the following code:

Code:

<p>
    <strong>News</strong>
</p>
&lt;?php if($news->num_rows > 0):?&gt;
    &lt;?php foreach($news->result() as $row):?&gt;

    <p>
        &lt;?=$row->date_time?&gt; | &lt;?=$row->news?&gt;
    </p>

    &lt;?php endforeach;?&gt;
&lt;?php endif;?&gt;

Where should I make a query to the DB to get news? Since task is very common, I believe there should be some wide known solution for that.