Monett Monthly Lifestyle
WIC services available at Barry County Health Department
The Barry County Health Department offers WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) services to clients that qualify. The WIC program is a supplemental nutritional program for women, children, and infants. Eligibility includes pregnant women, women breastfeeding their infant up to the infant’s first birthday, and postpartum women up to 6 months. It also covers infants up to their 1st birthday and children through the age of 5 years. You must live in Missouri and the household income can be no more than 185% of the federal poverty income guidelines.

A Godly resolution: Make it a priority to be like Jesus Christ
“A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.” Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758).
Raymond Ticknor: Is Heaven perfect?
God loves and created everything in our world with goodness so that we might love God in return.

Monett chess teams earn top. finishes at Fall 2025 Forsyth Open
Monett chess teams earned top honors at the Fall 2025 Forsyth Open, held Nov. 1, at Forsyth High School.

Greg Armstrong: Guardrails in our lives
I love living in the Ozarks. The beauty of our little slice of America is hard to beat. One thing that comes with the territory is curvy roads. You are hard-pressed to find a straight road between point A and point B.

Monett Class of 1970 reunites
The Monett High School Class of 1970 recently held their 55th Class Reunion at The Monett Historical Museum.

Randy Crane: No pain, no gain
You’ve probably heard the saying “No Pain, No Gain” when it comes to physical exercise.
Two CoxHealth rural hospitals earn top rating for patient experience
Cox Monett Hospital and Cox Barton County Hospital are honored to have each received the 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for patient experience.
Marriage problems addressed at Stake workshop
In mid-July, the Monett Missouri Stake, which covers eight counties in southwestern Missouri, sponsored a Marriage Workshop at the Monett Stake Center, which was attended by over 60 persons from across the Stake.
Monett church celebration draws 130
More than 130 people attended the celebration of Monett’s 50-year mark of becoming a congregation in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


