DeKalb and Sycamore high schools will host the Bookcase Project’s fundraising dinner at 6 p.m. Feb. 20 in the DeKalb High School cafeteria.This banquet dinner aims to help local children from low-income families break the cycle of poverty with books.The...

A community project to promote literacy in the homes of low-income preschoolers will launch this winter.John Rey, chairperson for the DeKalb/Sycamore Bookcase Project, read about a program in Conway, Ark. called Bookcase for Every Child. Through this...