kzoo

This is resolved.

That was it @alchymyth
You’ve saved the day as always.

Also, @paulmighty you’re using get_template_part wrong.
Here is a great article on the topic.
https://kovshenin.com/2013/get_template_part/

Sorry, no dice.

headline.php has the template part:
https://pastebin.com/tBpq0UfQ

and these two files are where I call get_template_part( 'headline' ):
https://pastebin.com/5zCJrLDq
https://pastebin.com/GmaGxJw1

This is amazing.
Thanks @catacaustic
I’ll definitely get a lot of use out of this.