PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) -- Calls to next-door neighbors will require as much dialing as long distance early next year in the sprawling 815 area code, which stretches across northern Illinois from Indiana ...

ROCKFORD — This is nothing to get hung up about, but there are millions of unused 815 phone numbers that will never meet a dial tone. For a city that cherishes its 815 brand — from popular Rockford ...

Illinois regulators have asked customers how to deal with the near “exhaustion” of available telephone numbers in most of southwest Will County and now must decide on adding a new area code to the ...

SPRINGFIELD - Callers in Illinois' 815 area code will have to dial 11 digits for both local and long-distance calls beginning Feb. 17 when a second area code is launched in the northern Illinois ...

ROCKFORD — They’re one of life’s true annoyances and they’re becoming more frequent. Robocalls, which are automatically dialed by a computer and deliver a prerecorded message, are on the rise across ...

Illinois regulators are gearing up for a decision on yet another new area code. This time it is in the sprawling 815 area, which borders the Chicago area in a broad arc extending from south and ...

MACON COUNTY – The Macon County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public about a scam circulating, which impersonates a fund for injured and disabled officers. County authorities say residents have ...