Officials want those who live and work in the region served by the 740 area code to update their dialing habits ahead of a new area code's debut. Matt Schilling, spokesman for the Public Utilities ...

MARIETTA – On March 21 everyone within the 740 area code in Ohio will have to add that three-digit prefix to make phone calls. In April, a second area code, 220, goes into service within the 740 area.

People who live in the 740 area code will soon have to get used to a second area code. And dialing all 10 numbers. The additional area code, 220, is needed in the 30-county region that includes ...

If you have a phone number in the 740 area code, mandatory 10 digit dialing began over the weekend. The change is the next step in preparing for the overlay of the 220 area code. All phone calls ...

Residents in the 740 area code will need to get ready to start punching in more numbers on local calls because of a decision made Wednesday by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. The regulatory ...

ATHENS — Beginning March 21, 2015, all local calls made within the Ohio 740 area code must be placed using the 10- or 11-digit telephone number (area code plus the seven-digit telephone number or 1 + ...

MARIETTA – A new area code is coming to the region, and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio wants residents to help make the call on how it happens. The PUCO has been notified by the North ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Callers in central and southeast Ohio’s 740 area code are beginning to need 10 numbers to make local calls as preparations are made for the addition of a new 220 area code in ...

Telephone customers in the 740 are being asked to vote on two proposals to create a new area code for parts of central and southeast Ohio. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio said Wednesday it has ...

MARION – Beginning March 21, all local calls made within the Ohio 740 area code must be placed using the 10- or 11-digit telephone number (area code plus the seven-digit telephone number or 1 plus the ...

Starting Sept. 20, customers can practice placing calls with all 10 digits for local calls. Starting March 21, customers must use all digits to place local phone calls. The new area code, 220, will be ...

Callers in central and southeast Ohio’s 740 area code are beginning to need 10 numbers to make local calls as preparations are made for the addition of a new 220 area code in about a month. The 220 ...