TUCSON, Ariz. – A woman believed to be in her 60s or 70s entered a Tucson FCU branch on Saturday morning, handed the teller a demand note and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.

WASHINGTON – The Maryland and District of Columbia CU Association threw its weight behind mayoral challenger Vincent Gray, the chairman of the city council who is vying to topple Mayor Adrian Fenty in next month’s Democratic primary.

PROVO, Utah – Utah Community CU announced yesterday it has struck a $2.5 million sponsorship deal with local Utah Valley University, under which it will add its name to the university’s events center.

MILWAUKEE – A federal judge here ruled that Corporate Central CU and a handful of other corporate credit unions are not entitled to as much as $100 million of so-called excess investments they held in U.S. Central FCU before last year’s failure of the corporate giant.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Special education students at Apollo High School will start the school year next Tuesday with a new look in their classroom, courtesy of TruStone Financial CU’s classroom makeover.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Loan delinquencies and charge-offs retreated a bit in the second quarter among credit unions but member bankruptcies soared to twice that in the first quarter, weighing down profitability and posing new challenges for the movement, NCUA reported this afternoon.

HOUSTON – Police are asking for the public’s help in finding three suspects who stole an SUV, then an ATM from Right Choice CU and shot at an off-duty police officer who was chasing them.

HOUSTON – A large man suspected in four area bank robberies, including two at the same branch of Associated FCU, was arrested Friday after another holdup and a car chase with police.

ROANOKE, Va. – Richard “Dick” Williams, who built Member One FCU from just $2.8 million in assets to $355 million during a 26-year-career as CEO, died Thursday of cancer at 70.

EMPORIA, Kan. – Emporia State FCU donated $20,000 to Flint Hills Technical College to help with the cost for construction of the Jones Education Center.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Numerica CU said Friday that May’s merger with Richland’s State Employees FCU helped push it over the $1 billion mark, joining the fast-growing number in the club.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A member of Sioux Falls FCU was charged with felony theft after she spent almost $3,400 the credit union accidentally deposited into her account.

AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine’s credit unions are kicking off a new marketing campaign for the state’s shared branching network that asks members to share their favorite shared branching moment on Facebook.

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Space Coast CU, which expanded into the Miami market with last year’s acquisition of failed Eastern Financial Florida CU, was given permission by state regulators to expanded further south into Florida’s Keys.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Credit union giant BECU, which has lent its resources to the state’s small credit unions in the past, is funding a marketing campaign for Tulip Cooperative CU, a $2 million credit union based at the Olympia Food Co-op.

WILMINGTON, Del. – An inventor claiming to hold a patent on ATM non-financial retail functions ratcheted up his fight with Cardtronics last week, filing suit in federal court here alleging the nation’s largest provider of ATMs is infringing on his patents for multi-purpose automated transaction machines.

WEST JORDAN, Utah – Mountain America CU announced a new application for the Apple iPad that will allow its members who own the popular tablet computers to conduct much of their financial business online.

MIAMI – Discover Financial Services said it has agreed to be the title sponsor for the 2011-2014 Orange Bowl games and the 2013 BCS National Championship Game.

HOUSTON – Cardtronics said yesterday it has received tenders for $97.6 million of its 9.25% Series A senior subordinated notes and is calling the remainder of the $200 million outstanding of the junk bonds.

MADISON, Wis. – Credit union boards continue to have trouble attracting younger, more diverse volunteers, even though the issue has long been cited as a top priority within the movement, according to a new study conducted by the Filene Research Institute.