Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heads up, Upstate residents ― there's a new area code coming to a phone number near you. But don't get your phone cord into a knot ...

Ohio is welcoming a new area code this year. In 2022, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) said the Northeast Ohio area code, 440, would become exhausted, or run out of available phone ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Few things feel more like home than seeing the area code you grew up dialing. But if you’re used to seeing the 440 used in many of Cleveland’s suburbs, change is on the horizon.