WORCESTER, Mass. – A member of Shrewsbury FCU was charged with check counterfeiting after an employee realized that about $20,000 worth of checks were altered, forged and stolen.

PHOENIX – Authorities are probing whether a knife wound suffered by William Liddle, former member business loan chief at AEA FCU, less than an hour before he was scheduled to be sentenced to prison was self-inflicted.

CHANTILLY, Va. – Justice FCU, the credit union for the U.S. Department of Justice and various law enforcement agencies, on Wednesday said it will expand into Georgia with a deal for the Georgia Department of Public Safety CU.

CINCINNATI – CinFed CU has asked a federal court to halt a former credit counselor for troubled members from shielding her assets from a financial judgment the credit union is seeking because it believes she embezzled as much as $400,000 from the members she was paid to help pay bills.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Consumers CU has rolled out a new mortgage refinancing program it says will help reduce monthly payments and increase cash flow for troubled homeowners.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Corporate One FCU said this afternoon that members of Florida’s Southeast Corporate FCU have approved the combination of the two, creating one of the biggest corporates in the country with $5 billion in assets.

TUKWILA, Wash. – BECU and Seattle’s Slalom Consulting have developed an application on Slalom's mLevel "gamification" platform, which uses games to create entertaining experiences for financial learning, training and business activities.

PORTLAND Ore. -- A high school guidance counselor won a year’s free mortgage and $5,000 in supplies for her school by being named Educator of the Year by OnPoint Community CU, the one-time Portland Teachers CU.

BELEVUE, Neb. – SAC FCU said this morning it has repurchased its Visa cards portfolio from Bank of America, joining the growing list of credit unions reentering the cards market, after exiting a few years ago.

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

GREENSBURG, Penn. – Westmoreland Community FCU has signed with Geezeo to provide the company’s white label personal financial management and engagement banking platform to its members.

SUPERIOR, Wis. – Superior Choice CU has begun sending its members branded electronic newsletters provided by IMN to alert them about news and encourage members to take advantage of timely financial products, such as loan and savings programs.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. – Pawtucket CU has selected Q2eBanking’s suite of electronic banking solutions.

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio FCU has deployed Wescom Resources Group’s MemberEdge Mobile Banking solution, with Vertifi Software’s DeposZip mobile remote deposit capture solution.

MANSFIELD, Texas – Mansfield’s high schools have a new way of promoting their school spirit, with student-designed custom debit cards issued by Texas Trust CU.

GROTON, Conn. – The Waterford Planning and Zoning Commission approved an application from Charter Oak FCU to build a new, 60,000-square foot, $16-million corporate headquarters at 1055 Hartford Turnpike.

WESTERLY, R.I. – Westerly Community CU was awarded a $100,000 grant from the Federal Home Loan bank of Boston to help secure home ownership for low- to moderate-income households.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Service CU is holding drawings for eight thrill rides aboard a high-performance jet to take place days before the Service CU Boston-Portsmouth Air Show.

ROCKVILLE, Md. – NCUA on Tuesday issued a supervisory order to Montgomery County Teachers FCU, a troubled, one-time $468-million credit union in the process of merging with nearby Educational Systems FCU – which will create one of Maryland’s largest credit unions.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal court last week dismissed racial and age discrimination claims brought by a former teller for First Educators CU, ruling the credit union fired the teller for violating the credit union’s privacy policy by disclosing a member’s financial information, and not for discrimination.