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.

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 ...

Like many local people, I remember the 219 area code which used to stretch across the top of Indiana. But with the rise of internet lines, cell phones and other devices needing distinct phone numbers, ...

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 ...