WASHINGTON — QUESTION: If a new area code is put in place for a city, does that mean you have to change your current phone number or will lose it if it has the old area code? ANSWER: You do not need ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Rappers shout them and phone companies tout them. They're those three little digits before actual phone numbers: the area code. There was a time when the code had territorial cred - ...