Long distance isn't a thing anymore — aside from international calls, which can be bypassed by any number of apps or online options. Even still, I remember the first long-distance call I ever received ...

ST. LOUIS — Our Vintage KSDK goes back 69 years to the day long distance calling took a huge leap forward. On April 16, 1955, St. Louis Mayor Raymond Tucker placed a call to the mayor of San Francisco ...

When was the last time you stood in a phone booth with a pile of quarters, ready to make a long-distance call?

Jarek Smolarczyk of Warsaw, Poland, makes a video call to Poland as he takes a break along the Penn State Altoona Reflecting Pond on Tuesday afternoon. Smolarczyk is visiting his brother in Altoona.