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.

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 ...

Time’s up for the people who live in the 740 area code. Starting on Saturday, they will have to dial 10 numbers for all local calls, and in about a month, numbers bearing the new 220 area code will ...

In a few weeks, dialing seven digits won't get you anywhere in much of central Ohio. Beginning March 21, residents who live and work in the region served by the 740 area code will need to dial 10 ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — People who live in the 740 area code will have to dial 10 numbers for local calls next year as a new area code is established. The 220 area code is needed in a 30-county region ...

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 ...

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 ...