STAUNTON — A new area code is coming this summer for callers in southern Illinois. Starting July 7, customers in the 618 area code overlay region may be assigned a number in the new 730 area code when ...

An additional area code will roll out in southern Illinois in mid-2023. According to the Illinois Commerce Commission, the new 730 area code will "overlay" the existing 618 area code, which will ...

A new 730 area code overlaying the current 618 area code will be introduced in southern Illinois next year, the Illinois Commerce Commission announced Wednesday. The new area code addresses the ...

CHICAGO -- The Illinois Commerce Commission on Tuesday started wheels in motion to add another area code to the large part of the state now served by 618. But it will be at least one year before some ...

Illinois residents with 618, 309 or 708 area codes are being asked to dial 10 digits beginning April 24 to make local and long-distance calls to get in practice for a mandatory change on Oct. 24.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ST. LOUIS — Starting Sunday, phone users in much of the St. Louis area will have to include area codes when dialing to make all ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The deadline is Sunday to ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (KFVS) - Starting October 24, customers in the 309, 618 and 708 area codes will have to use 10-digit dialing when making local calls. Back in July, 988 was designated as the National ...