diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/span.dm b/code/__DEFINES/span.dm
index cbd29cd4218..a30e980770b 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/span.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/span.dm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define span_alertwarning(str) ("<span class='alertwarning'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_alien(str) ("<span class='alien'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_announce(str) ("<span class='announce'>" + str + "</span>")
+#define span_announcement_header(str) ("<span class='announcement_header'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_average(str) ("<span class='average'" + str + "</span")
 #define span_bad(str) ("<span class='bad'" + str + "</span")
 #define span_big(str) ("<span class='big'>" + str + "</span>")
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
 #define span_interface(str) ("<span class='interface'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_linkify(str) ("<span class='linkify'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_looc(str) ("<span class='looc'>" + str + "</span>")
+#define span_major_announcement_text(str) ("<span class='major_announcement_text'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_medal(str) ("<span class='medal'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_medradio(str) ("<span class='medradio'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_memo(str) ("<span class='memo'>" + str + "</span>")
diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/announcements.dm b/code/__HELPERS/announcements.dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0deab12e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/announcements.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/**
+ * Sends a div formatted chat box announcement
+ *
+ * Formatted like:
+ *
+ * " Server Announcement " (or sender_override)
+ *
+ * " Title "
+ *
+ * " Text "
+ *
+ * Arguments
+ * * text - required, the text to announce
+ * * title - optional, the title of the announcement.
+ * * players - optional, a list of all players to send the message to. defaults to the entire world
+ * * play_sound - if TRUE, play a sound with the announcement (based on player option)
+ * * sound_override - optional, override the default announcement sound
+ * * sender_override - optional, modifies the sender of the announcement
+ * * encode_title - if TRUE, the title will be HTML encoded
+ * * encode_text - if TRUE, the text will be HTML encoded
+ * * color_override - optional, set a color for the announcement box
+ */
+
+/proc/send_formatted_announcement(
+	text,
+	title = "",
+	players,
+	play_sound = TRUE,
+	sound_override = 'sound/ai/default/attention.ogg',
+	sender_override = "Server Admin Announcement",
+	encode_title = TRUE,
+	encode_text = TRUE,
+	color_override = "grey",
+)
+	if(isnull(text))
+		return
+
+	var/list/announcement_strings = list()
+
+	if(encode_title && title && length(title) > 0)
+		title = html_encode(title)
+		if(encode_text)
+			text = html_encode(text)
+			if(!length(text))
+				return
+
+		announcement_strings += span_announcement_header(generate_unique_announcement_header(title, sender_override))
+		announcement_strings += span_major_announcement_text(text)
+		var/finalized_announcement = create_announcement_div(jointext(announcement_strings, ""), color_override)
+
+		if(islist(players))
+			for(var/mob/target in players)
+				to_chat(target, finalized_announcement)
+				if(play_sound && target.client?.prefs.read_preference(/datum/preference/toggle/sound_announcements))
+					SEND_SOUND(target, sound(sound_override))
+		else
+			to_chat(world, finalized_announcement)
+
+			if(!play_sound)
+				return
+
+			for(var/mob/player in GLOB.player_list)
+				if(player.client?.prefs.read_preference(/datum/preference/toggle/sound_announcements))
+					SEND_SOUND(player, sound(sound_override))
+
+/**
+ * Inserts a span styled message into an alert box div
+ *
+ *
+ * Arguments
+ * * message - required, the message contents
+ * * color - optional, set a div color other than default
+ */
+/proc/create_announcement_div(message, color = "default")
+	var/processed_message = "<div class='chat_alert_[color]'>[message]</div>"
+	return processed_message
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/admin.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/admin.dm
index 6ceb61d9d6d..ebba2ed5728 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/admin.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/admin.dm
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 	if(message)
 		if(!check_rights(R_SERVER,0))
 			message = adminscrub(message,500)
-		to_chat(world, "[span_adminnotice("<b>[usr.client.holder.fakekey ? "Administrator" : usr.key] Announces:</b>")]\n \t [message]", confidential = TRUE)
+		send_formatted_announcement(message, "From [usr.client.holder.fakekey ? "Administrator" : usr.key]")
 		log_admin("Announce: [key_name(usr)] : [message]")
 	BLACKBOX_LOG_ADMIN_VERB("Announce")
 
diff --git a/tgstation.dme b/tgstation.dme
index 5efb1a5d32d..4764eae073e 100644
--- a/tgstation.dme
+++ b/tgstation.dme
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@
 #include "code\__HELPERS\_string_lists.dm"
 #include "code\__HELPERS\admin.dm"
 #include "code\__HELPERS\ai.dm"
+#include "code\__HELPERS\announcements.dm"
 #include "code\__HELPERS\areas.dm"
 #include "code\__HELPERS\atmospherics.dm"
 #include "code\__HELPERS\atoms.dm"