After 25 restaurants had closed in February, KETK secured court documents between the American Dairy Queen Corporation and Project Lonestar, Inc. — the owner of 38 franchise locations in Texas.

A franchise owner in Texas has confirmed that six Dairy Queen locations – in Hemphill, Jasper, Kountze, Huntington, Lufkin, and Longview Eastman – locked their doors for the last time on March 24.

“It is with great sadness that I am announcing that Lonestar DQ made the decision today to permanently close Dairy Queen in Hemphill, Jasper, Kountze, Huntington, Lufkin and Longview Eastman ...

I have given a long hard 31 years to Dairy Queen and the hardest part of this for me is my entire crew and their families. Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers," Setters wrote.