Yes. Changed name to front-page.php. Viewed it and the front page still displays correctly. Viewed the “news” page. Still has widgets at the bottom.
Perhaps you need to double-check page.php?
get_header(); ?>
<div id="primary">
<div id="content" role="main">
<?php the_post(); ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'page' ); ?>
<?php comments_template( '', true ); ?>
</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>
No call of the sidebar. Just doesn’t make since that the widgets placed in the sidebar appear if the setting/reading/pages is set to news. But the widgets don’t display if the setting/reading/pages is set to blank. I miss my basic html/css that I understood :). But the functionality that wordpress ads is a must because I want to add in testimonials and widget support.