PHOTO: In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. As the coronavirus spread across borders early in the pandemic, calls to global helplines showed a striking similarity in the toll on mental health _ from China to Lebanon, Finland to Slovenia. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Lisa Dent

What is happening to the 708 area code?

Posted: Jan 20, 2022 / 03:07 PM CST

Updated: Jan 20, 2022 / 03:07 PM CST

PHOTO: In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. As the coronavirus spread across borders early in the pandemic, calls to global helplines showed a striking similarity in the toll on mental health _ from China to Lebanon, Finland to Slovenia. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Posted: Jan 20, 2022 / 03:07 PM CST

Updated: Jan 20, 2022 / 03:07 PM CST

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With the 464 area code arriving in the region currently served by the 708 area code, George Light from the Illinois Commerce Commission joined Lisa Dent on Chicago’s Afternoon News to discuss what the change means.

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