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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The new 730 area code is now here in southern Illinois. Due to the high demand of new telephone numbers, the Illinois Commerce Commission approved bringing in the new 730 area ...

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 ...

Metro-east residents soon will have to press three more buttons to make a phone call, as Illinois prepares for a new rule that will require people with the 618, 309 or 708 area codes to dial the full ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Telephone users in southern Illinois may soon have a new area code under a new order from the Illinois Commerce Commission. The ICC order would impose the new code, 730, ...