HFD giving away special smoke detectors for deaf

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Houstonians who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can get free, special smoke detectors from the city.

The Houston Fire Department received a $168,000 grant to buy and install 2,000 visual smoke alarms.

State law requires apartment owners and managers to provide for the visual smoke alarms, and they must be installed in the bedroom where the person with the hearing impairment sleeps, she said. The city's grant program will be very helpful in getting them into more residents hands, she said.

To register for one of these alarms, visit the Houston Apartment Association's website.

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Family of missing SHSU student T.J. Murray not giving up hope

Authorities are searching for 24-year-old Thomas (TJ) Murray Jr. He was last seen leaving a Montgomery County sports bar after midnight on October 19

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The family of a missing Sam Houston State University student is not giving up on locating him.

Thursday marked the three-month anniversary of T.J. Murray's disappearance. The 24-year-old was last seen at a Spring sports bar in October.

Family and friends have set up a Facebook page for Murray and have a $10,000 reward fund for information leading to him being found.

They are asking anyone with information to call the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.

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Sex assault suspect accused of giving teen HIV, STDs

Kelton Tyson is charged with sexual abuse of a child amid allegations he repeatedly assaulted a 16-year-old boy and gave him HIV and STDs.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Authorities have arrested a sex assault suspect accused of giving a teen HIV and STDs.

Kelton Tyson was arrested at an apartment complex in the 9200 block of Pagewood in west Houston. Tyson is charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a child. He is accused of raping a 16-year-old boy several times between October 2009 and 2010 when they lived at the same apartment complex. Detectives say Tyson passed onto the teen HIV and other STDs. Authorities were able to arrest him after they used his ex-wife to lure him to her home. No other details were immediately available. (Copyright ©2011 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) Get more Local »

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