What you’re looking for is best achieved using a custom query:
$top = new WP_Query( array(
'category' => 'YOUR_CATEGORY_SLUG',
'orderby' => 'post_date',
'order' => 'DESC',
'posts_per_page' => 1
) );
if( $top->have_posts() ) {
$top->the_post();
// Do things as if we were in the loop...
}
By default, sticky posts are brought to the top of any query results.
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