diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index 878238b632..1299a5fd43 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {
       });
 
       $(document).ready(function() {
+
+        const queryString = window.location.search;
+        const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(queryString);
+        const tag = urlParams.get('news_tags');
+        if (tag !== null) {
+          const collection = document.querySelector('.breadcrumb');
+          let activeBreadcrumb = collection.querySelector('.active');
+          activeBreadcrumb.removeAttribute("class");
+          activeBreadcrumb.removeAttribute("aria-current");
+          collection.innerHTML += '<li class="active" aria-current="page">' + tag + '</li>';
+        }
+
         $('.testimonial-container').html(
           $(".testimonial-item").sort(function(){
             return .5 - Math.random()
diff --git a/static/_redirects b/static/_redirects
index 67323e18e6..f389a1e30a 100644
--- a/static/_redirects
+++ b/static/_redirects
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ http://mail.jakarta.ee/* https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/mail/:splat 200!
 # redirect events page from old to new location
 /events /community/events 301!
 
+# redirect old news urls
+/news/* /news?news_tags=:splat 301!