Coin operated laundry machines— laundromats — have hit the local market. The laundromat technology is being touted in the US, Asia and in Europe as the next big business in the hospitality industry.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two suspects were accused of using a saw to cut open several coin machines affixed to washer and dryer machines last Thursday. On Feb. 21, officers responded to a vandalism that ...

Police on Sunday issued a community alert about a burglar who has been stealing coins from laundry machines in the Rogers Park, West Ridge, and Edgewater neighborhoods. In each incident, the burglar ...

(CBS/AP) SUMMERVILLE, S.C. - Some thieves in southeast South Carolina apparently hope to clean up by stealing coin-operated clothes dryers, according to police. Summerville police say more than a ...