Parks Senator Fred Mills is sponsoring legislation this session that looks at ways to change the way public school teachers are evaluated. Michelle Southern reports…:

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State Police say an Opelousas man is dead after a fatal accident in St. Landry Parish. They say 38-year-old Herbert Rideau was driving early Sunday morning when his truck ran off the road, traveled through a lot, and struck an unoccupied 18-wheeler. Rideau was not restrained and was pronounced dead at the scene. Toxicology tests are pending and the investigation is ongoing.

31-year-old Brandon Eirick of Baton Rouge is scheduled to be sentenced today for allegedly shooting up his girlfriend, 31-year old Leah Hutchinson, with a fatal injection of heroin in 2013. Eirick pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in this case. Legal analyst Tim Meche says since cases like this are not unusual, the sentencing judge will be able to use prior judgement to help determine Eirick’s sentence…

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Meche says Eirick faces up to 10 years in prison.

A Shreveport lawmaker feels the state legislature should look at not only generating revenue, but also tax incentives in trying to shrink the state’s $1.6 billion budget deficit. The film industry is the recipient of one of the state’s largest tax credits. Democratic Representative Patrick Williams says, while it’s good to have movies being made in Louisiana, lawmakers should consider restructuring this incentive…

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Williams says some of these incentives are not paying dividends back to the state.