Regency Beauty Institute abruptly closes all locations, including one in Duluth

2856265+kingREGENCY0930c1.jpg — In tears at the news that Regency Beauty Institute had shuttered its doors, Delaney DeLoyd of Duluth throws her arms around fellow student Jordan Salmi of EskoThursday afternoon. The store, part of a national chain of beauty schools, abruptly locked its doors and posted a message on Facebook that the company was out of money. Students there paid tuitions of $20,000 to study to be hairstylists. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com

By Brooks Johnson

September 29, 2016 05:36 PM

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1/3: The Regency Beauty Institute in Burning Tree Plaza abruptly locked its doors Thursday, taking down their website and posting the message that the company is out of money. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com

2/3: Students who attended the Regency Beauty School in Burning Tree Plaza walk back to their cars after picking up their belongings there after news of the school's abrupt closing Thursday. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com

3/3: Kayti Stolp, a career specialist at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, explains to shocked and dismayed students of the Regency Beauty Institute how she could help. She offered the students opportunities to finish what they started. The Institute has a cosmetology program. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com

Regency Beauty Institute abruptly closes all locations, including one in Duluth

Until Thursday, "it was a happy day every day" at school for Jazzmin Okoye and her fellow students.Then, without warning, there was no school.Regency Beauty Institute abruptly locked the doors on its 79 nationwide campuses, which includes a locat...