Article: E.W. Scripps CEO to Cement His Home & Garden Television Connections.

Byline: Gary Perilloux

Apr. 2--TUPELO, Miss. -- Ken Lowe puts first things first.

And at the top of the list for the E.W. Scripps chief executive is Hancock Fabrics.

The Tupelo-based company is why Lowe will address the Community Development Foundation at The Mall at Barnes Crossing on Friday.

A decade ago, Lowe came to Tupelo selling a fledgling network -- Home & Garden Television, or HGTV.

"As a matter of fact, Hancock was the very first advertiser," Lowe said Wednesday. "They were the first people who signed up and out of that relationship there's a very funny story about how it all came together."

Lowe and his ...

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