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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

Reporting from BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Adoree’ Jackson heard the train coming, felt the vibrations in his feet. And so, like he did most days while growing up on South High Street, he took off running.