FAIRFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A former southern Illinois high school teacher has been ordered to spend three years in prison on charges related to sexual misconduct with one of her female students in 2010. Thirty-three-year-old Haven Kirkpatrick of Fairfield apologized to the judge before also being sentenced Wednesday in Wayne County to four years of supervised release after her prison term. Additionally, she was fined $3,000 and was ordered to pay the family of the now-18-year-old victim more than $500 in restitution for counseling and medical expenses. Kirkpatrick was convicted in October of eight counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. She was serving as a health and gym teacher at Fairfield Community High School when the alleged sexual misconduct took place. She was arrested in July 2010. - http://goo.gl/PVwf0
