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 ...

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 ...

The central and southeast areas of Ohio have grown so significantly that by the second quarter of 2015, the 740 area code no longer may be able to serve all residents and businesses in need of a phone ...

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 ...