(Michigan City, IN) - KFC has closed several locations in this part of the state, including the one in Michigan City.

The KFC restaurants closing today were also in Valparaiso, Portage, Hobart and Gary.

They were reportedly owned by a financially troubled Texas-based company, which also closed the doors recently at more than a dozen of its Pizza Hut locations in the region, including the one in Michigan City.

KFC restaurants in La Porte and several other locations in Northwest Indiana are under different ownership and remain open.

The closures are at a time when KFC has faced increased competition from other chain restaurant providers of chicken.