A new area code for Upstate South Carolina has been in the works for more than a year and is expected to be in use by sometime next year. New phone customers will be given an 821 area code rather than ...

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina is getting a new area code next month but customers will see some changes beginning next week. Local media outlets report the new area code - 854 - will overlap ...

South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer was born in Charleston, S.C., but hasn't always used a cell phone number with the 843 area code assigned to that region of the state. In a profession ...

Starting in May 2020, South Carolina will add a fifth area code: 839. S.C. Public Service Commission A new area code for Upstate South Carolina has been in the works for more than a year and is ...