SYRACUSE, N.Y. – An Empower FCU member was charged yesterday with causing tens of thousands of dollars of damages to his home after he was evicted as part of a February foreclosure by the credit union.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Credit Union Journal is now accepting entries for its 2012 Best Practices Awards.

MINNEAPOLIS – A man who robbed three local institutions, including two credit unions, must pay restitution to all three – even though he only pleaded guilty to one of the robberies as part of a plea bargain.

NEW YORK – Municipal CU has awarded $65,000 in scholarships to college-bound graduating high school seniors.

TAMPA, Fla. – Suncoast Schools FCU said its Suncoast Schools FCU Foundation granted $76,000 in college scholarships to graduating high school students.

MASON CITY, Iowa – North Iowa Community CU has signed with TRC Interactive to provide its employees with online instruction through its CreditUnionTrainingOnline.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – CommonWealthOne FCU has introduced private student loans using the Fynanz platform.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. – Bellco CU has rolled out private student loans offered through CU Student Choice.

ALQUIPPA, Penn. – A&S FCU, originally a railroad employees’ credit union, has obtained approval from NCUA to convert to a community charter serving 170,000 residents of surrounding Beaver County.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A man accused of killing two post office workers during a holdup 18 months ago that yielded just $63, on Thursday was charged in a new indictment with robbing two Nashville institutions, including Southeast Financial CU, in the weeks following the double slayings.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The NCUA Board next month is expected to vote a corporate assessment of between eight basis points and 11 bps, or between $800 million and $1.05 billion, according to a top agency official.

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – St. Mary’s CU said this afternoon its CEO John Caulfield is leaving the $600 million credit union to take another management position elsewhere.

WASHINGTON – Long-term mortgage rates fell again this week for the sixth week in a row to new depths, as economic data continued to lag.

INDIANAPOLIS – Ely Lilly FCU announced this morning it has rolled out mobile banking from mFoundry, which offers native mobile applications, mobile Web and SMS/text banking.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Credit Union Journal is now accepting entries for its 2012 Best Practices Awards.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Ukrainian FCU awarded 16 scholarships and Merit Awards this year totaling $16,000.

WASHINGTON – Fannie Mae named its general counsel, Timothy Mayopoulos, former general counsel at Bank of America, as its new president and chief executive, effective June 18.

BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration announced $2.1 million in Workforce Training Fund grants to 28 Massachusetts companies, including City of Boston CU.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A local tax preparer was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for a fraud scheme by which she filed tax returns under 100 different taxpayers’ names and laundered almost $300,000 in refunds through her credit union accounts.

ATLANTA – Associated CU said it has signed with CU Student Choice to offer the CUSO’s private student loans.