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 ...

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 ...

SOUTHERN Ill. (KFVS) - A new area code has been introduced in southern Illinois. According to the Illinois Commerce Commission, the first prefix in the new area code will be introduced after July 7.

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 ...

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 ...

Southern Illinoisans who order new telephone service in the coming weeks may be assigned an unfamiliar area code. A new 730 area code – covering the same area as the region’s longstanding 618 area ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - Starting Sunday, October 24, anyone making even a call in part of southern Illinois will have to dial the area code and the seven-digit number. “I think, personally, the 618 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 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 ...

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.

ST. LOUIS — There will be a big change for people who live in certain area codes in Missouri and Illinois. Starting Saturday, April 24, you may want to begin practicing dialing ten-digit phone numbers ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The deadline is Sunday to start dialing all ten digits in phone numbers. Starting October 24, anyone dialing local numbers should dial the area code and the telephone number. Parts of ...