Blake’s Blog

Horn Lake was abuzz last week after there were several reported sightings of a black bear around the DeSoto County town.

Officials from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said the bear, estimated to weigh between 450 and 800 pounds, may have hiked north from a refuge in Louisiana.

Horn Lake Police Chief Tom Long said that if the bear continues his northward march, "we’ll do what we have to to give him a free path into Memphis."

Now, Chief, what if Memphians took the same attitude toward encouraging our "riffraff" to migrate south?