This section shows the posts below the Home Top News Area & above the Home Bottom News Area. It includes sidebar and it has a total of 5 different widgets that are applicable on this area.

Click on Dashboard> Appearance> Customize> Widgets

Click on Home Middle News Area

Customize the home middle news area. You can add a widget or change the existing widgets and rearrange the order of the widgets. If you click on the widgets you can change the widget title, a number of posts, category and other options. This uses half-width widgets only due to sidebar option.

Or you can customize it form Dashboard> Appearance> Widgets