FOX 26 News Brief for June 6, 2018

Published June 6, 2018 7:58 PM CDT

A special education student with the mindset of a second grader was shocked with a taser seven times by a Katy ISD campus police officer in 2016. Now, that officer and Katy ISD have been named in a federal civil rights lawsuit.

The TEA commissioner has decided to grant a waiver to most under-performing schools affected by Hurricane Harvey, meaning they won't be punished for not meeting state standards.

In a rare move, the District Attorney's Office filed a civil suit against a southeast Houston restaurant and bar, calling it a "crime factory".

There has been an outpouring of support locally for those devastated by the volcano in Guatemala. Guatemala Restaurant near Hillcroft and Richmond is taking donations of supplies to send to victims.

A Pasadena man who has spent the last four years searching for a kidney to save his life is celebrating tonight. His wife wrote a plea for help on her SUV and a complete stranger offered to donate her kidney.