A well-maintained coin-operated laundromat can provide its owner with many years of nearly effortless income. Not only can the business generate income from its coin-operated washers and dryers; it ...

It all started with pay toilets. In 1955, James McNutt St. was working for his grandpa's business, Indianapolis-based Nik-O-Lok Co., making, selling and leasing coin-operated rest-room locks. But he ...

What started as an inconvenience a few weeks ago is now becoming a serious problem for some businesses: a shortage of coins. It's hitting laundromats and other coin-based businesses especially hard.

A canvas bag containing over $350 in coins, burglary tools, and keys to a private facility’s laundry machines were found in the possession of a 23-year-old New Britain man Sunday morning, police said.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — Two men drove a truck through a Southeast Portland laundromat, wrapped a chain to a change machine inside and drove off with the stolen property in tow early Monday morning, ...

SCRANTON – A coin receptacle was taken from the washing machine of a city laundromat this week, police said. Brian Condel, the owner of the laundromat at 1143 Capouse Ave., told police the theft ...

Jacob Coffey, 32, was arrested after allegedly stealing a coin machine from the laundromat on Thursday, Jan. 1, according to the Monticello Police Department. Police said they had received tips from ...

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 ...