New CEO has big plans for Creation Museum, Ark: Here are today's top stories | Daily Briefing

Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Martyn Iles, Executive CEO of Answer in Genesis, speaks about his new role and working with Ken Ham.
Martyn Iles, Executive CEO of Answer in Genesis, speaks about his new role and working with Ken Ham.

Good morning. Welcome to Friday. I'm Jolene Almendarez.

In the past, I've written about the big business of religious tourism in Kentucky. It's been spearheaded for decades by Answers in Genesis, the nonprofit in Boone County behind the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter.

Now the organization is partially under different leadership. The new Executive CEO Martyn Iles has plans to expand the organization's messaging to include social issues and new technology.

I had a one-on-one with Iles last week. Here's what he had to say.

What else you need to know Friday, Feb. 2

⛅ Weather: High of 48. Mostly cloudy and cooler.

🌉 Next for Brent Spence Bridge project: Goebel Park remake, public hearings.

🚨 Two-week traffic blitz in Cincinnati to continue through Friday.

☕ A new kind of Starbucks is opening in Cincinnati. Here's where and what it is.

⛳ Par 3 mini golf, Prime IV set to open at Newport on the Levee this summer.

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Today's Top Stories

• Cincinnati civic giant, former Ohio Senate president Stan Aronoff has died at 91

Carl Godfrey, 23, talks with his attorneys, Brian Goldberg, left, and James Bogen, during closing arguments in his murder-for-hire trial, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. The trial is before Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Jody Luebbers. Godfrey is charged with multiple counts in the deaths of two people on two different days in February 2021. While in the courtroom, Godfrey wore a mask with "Not Guilty" printed in large letters across the front.

• Man wearing 'NOT GUILTY' mask found guilty in murder-for-hire trial

• P&G factory workers safe, gunman captured after hostage ordeal in Turkey

• Teens admit roles in break-in at smoke shop where manager shot, killed alleged accomplice

A group of 30 current and former employees of R.A. Jones Middle School in Florence carpooled to the Kentucky Lottery after work on Tuesday with the winning $1 million Powerball ticket they purchased at a Hebron Kroger.
A group of 30 current and former employees of R.A. Jones Middle School in Florence carpooled to the Kentucky Lottery after work on Tuesday with the winning $1 million Powerball ticket they purchased at a Hebron Kroger.

• R.A. Jones Middle School group claims $1 million Powerball prize

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