By By JAN GRIFFEY / Niles Daily Star
NILES - Joe Larry Nekvasil, a Brandywine Community Schools District guidance counselor, apparently has taken his own life.
Nekvasil had been missing for a day and a half, said Gary Rider, Brandywine Schools superintendent.
Family members on Wednesday night informed Brandywine officials Nekvasil had committed suicide, Rider said.
This morning at Brandywine, a crisis counseling plan and team were in full operation.
Nekvasil had been a Brandywine schools employee for more than 27 years.
Rider said he plans to release more information about Nekvasil and the district's reaction to his death later today.