Residents in telephone area codes 708 and 219 join others across the nation in having to dial all 10 digits, even when placing calls locally. The change, effective Oct. 24, is part of a Federal ...

INDIANAPOLIS --- Northwest Indiana gets to keep the 219 area code after all. In the end, the decision came down to the luck of the draw, with Lake and Porter counties competing in a lottery-style ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WNDU) - Everyone in northern Indiana’s 574 and 219 telephone area codes will be required to use 10 digits, rather than seven, to make local phone calls beginning later this year.

People will be required to dial 10 digits instead of seven to make local phone calls in Northern Indiana's 219 and 574 area codes a month from now. Starting on Oct. 24, people will have to start ...

Beginning Sunday, Northwest Indiana residents must use 10 digits when making phone calls within Indiana’s 219 area code or the call won’t be completed. The 10-digit calling change is required to ...

(WNDU) - Beginning Saturday, Apr. 24, everyone in northern Indiana’s 574 and 219 telephone area codes is encouraged to start using 10 digits, rather than seven, to make local phone calls. Local calls ...