MINCHEW -- Emee Nikole Minchew, a girl, was born at 8:24 a.m. on Thursday, February 22, 2007 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to mother Amber Minchew, Mound City. She weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces at birth. She joins sibling, Jared Willard. Maternal grandparents are Lisa and John Counterman, Foster, Missouri. Maternal great-grandparents are Marge and Bob Smith, Mound City and Lea and Bob Minchew, Texas. Maternal great-great-grandmother is Ida Sisson, Texas.