About Hometown Headlines

The first edition of www.hometownheadlines.com was launched on Jan. 29, 2004. Since then, more than 7.7 million hits have been recorded as Northwest Georgians adopted our community Web site.

We've added several sites in the past year including:

-Greater Rome's Entertainment, Arts and Theater site (called G.R.E.A.T.)

-Rome Dining Guide, your guide to what's new in area restaurants

-Rome Kids, filled with events and updates for parents of younger children.

-The Sales Site, your online guide to hometown values.

And now we welcome our new Bartow County edition, better known as www.bartowheadlines.com.

All of our sites are free and are locally driven. The stories are locally produced unless otherwise noted. We thank our numerous advertisers for making each site possible.

The founder of Hometown Headlines Inc. is John C. Druckenmiller, 51, a 30-year media veteran. Druckenmiller also is an adjunct professor of communication at Berry College, Mount Berry, Ga., and works in local radio.  

He has worked for four Georgia newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Fulton County Daily Report, The Times in Gainesville and The News-Tribune in Rome. Other career stops include USA Today, Florida Today, The Fresno, Calif., Bee, the Fort Myers, Fla., News-Press and The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla.  

A Barberton, Ohio, native, he is a graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications, and has completed several courses toward a master's degree at Georgia State.

Druckenmiller is on the regional board of Blood Assurance and on the board of the Rome/Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth. Druckenmiller also serves on several committees at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rome where he's also an usher and a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 4410.

 

He is married to the former Jean Wilkening and they have one son, Jack, 6. They reside in Rome.

Druckenmiller can be reached by clicking E-mail or calling 706-346-2031.