Alice Reese, Herald-Banner movie critic, says she thinks the new "Thor: Love and Thunder" Marvel superhero movie is the best of the Thor series and delightfully humorous, but even at $144.2 million in ticket sales its first week, the movie is considered a box-office disappointment.

Dr. Kent Montgomery, head of the Texas A&M-Commerce Department of Physics and Astronomy, says the photos released this week by NASA from the James Webb Space Telescope are sensational, but the spectrum — a representation of the wavelengths of light emitted by an exoplanet — is the most significant because it may help us better understand how the universe was formed.

Pud Kearns with Housewarmers of Greenville relates plans for a meeting Saturday (July 16) at the Landmark on Lee at 2920 Lee Street in downtown Greenville to share ideas on ways of "reimagining" the downtown area.

Lonny Schonfeld, membership director of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, says the Chamber's annual Auction and Casino Night takes place at 5:30 p.m. Saturday (July 16) at Innovation First on Interstate 30 west of Greenville.

Steve Killian, superintendent of Cooper Lake State Park, says the lake level is down about two-and-a-half feet because of the drought, but the water remains satisfactory for swimming at the lake's beaches, and the fishing has been very good.

Commerce Chamber of Commerce executive director Paul Voss says the Hunt County Government Affairs committees are organizing to develop recommendations in numerous areas for the next session of the State Legislature which begins next January.

Trina Coldiron, community liaison specialist with SCRPT (the Senior Center Resource Center and Public Transit) of Greenville, says SCRPT recently received $32,745.50 from the Leadership Hunt County class of 2021 to for a new vehicle dedicated to providing nutrition services and related costs.

Derek Price, who writes the "Cargazing" column in the Herald-Banner, which is also nationally syndicated, made a trip to Norway with his family recently, and says most of the cars on the road in Norway are electric cars.

Brad Davis, Grammy-winning Commerce music producer and musician, recently performed a show in McKinney as "Brad Davis, The Shredder and the Shredheads." "The Shredder" is a nickname Brad has earned for his lightning-fast guitar playing skills, and says the experience was so exciting he plans a series of shows in that style.

Pud Kearns of Housewarmers of Greenville describes the full-schedule of activities on Independence Day, Monday, July 4.