The 618 area in southern Illinois, for instance, is expected to run out of new phone numbers late next year. Phone numbers are being handed out quickly as the number of cell phones and pagers grows.

Starting next week, a second area code will be enacted across the 309 area code region of Illinois, which includes communities in the central and western portions of the state. With telephone numbers ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A new area code is coming to the Chicago suburbs, and state regulators said Wednesday they are helpless to stop it. A 224 area code will be added to the territory northwest ...