(WHTM) — When dialing the phone or texting someone, you may notice three numbers that come before the actual phone number. Area codes have been around since the 1940s and are apart of the North ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) – Some Pennsylvania residents will see a new area code come into effect starting next month. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission says residents and businesses in eastern and ...

Southeastern Pennsylvania gets a new area code this winter. Beginning as early as March 3, 445 will be added to the same region served by the current 215 and 267 area codes. That includes parts of ...

PITTSBURGH — A new area code is coming to western Pennsylvania, and a change in preparation for it starts this weekend. The 814 area code, which covers all or parts of 27 Pennsylvania counties, is ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Southeastern Pennsylvania has a new area code on Friday. The new area code, 8-3-5, joins 6-1-0 and 4-8-4. The new digits will serve portions of suburban Philadelphia and the ...

One of Pennsylvania’s four original area codes finally is getting a little too crowded. The state Public Utility Commission announced Thursday the 814 area code would be assigned a new overlay code of ...

Most of Western Pennsylvania has had to dial 10 digits to make a phone call for quite some time now. In the greater Pittsburgh area, the 724 area code wasn’t sufficient to keep pace by 2013, and a ...