Custom Thread List Widget - Only Featured Threads

Hello all! I was hoping to get some insight on an idea that was proposed by one of the segment stakeholders in our forum community. 

The request/idea is to have a Widget visible on the landing page of a Group. The threads would be posted to one of two forums that are under that parent Group, but they specifically want to display a select number of Featured threads. 

I understand that something similar could be accomplished with Generic Content Widgets or through the use of Wikis or Blog Posts since these will essentially be announcements. I was just curious if a modified version of the Forums - Thread List widget could be made to pull in only select threads or just Featured Threads. This would allow us to only post this content once within a forum and have it pulled up in the widget one level higher.

I apologize if my description isn't clear.