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 ...

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 ...

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.

(WSIL) -- The Illinois Commerce Commission announced a new area code is coming to southern Illinois. The new 730 area code will "overlay" the existing 618 area code to "address the depletion of ...

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 ...

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 ...

BELLEVILLE — If you sign up for telephone service in southern Illinois, don't be surprised if your new phone number doesn't begin with the traditional 618 area code. As of Friday, July 7, a new 730 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A new 730 area code ...

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 ...