I am working right now with the xnews module. This one allows you to have article images.
http://sourceforge.net/p/xoops/svn/HEAD/tree/XoopsModules/xnews/trunk/modules/xnews/
There are a lot of designs for xoops. Plase take a look here
http://www.xoops-theme.com/modules/myalbum/themes.php?catid=98
Take a look at this one, maybe it needs a little bit work (it's one of my themes)
http://www.bleekk.com/demo/bleekk-news/modules/news/