On Christmas Day, everybody eats at Brother Juniper’s

By , Daily Memphian Updated: December 26, 2024 10:06 PM CT | Published: December 25, 2024 12:41 PM CT

“We feel like it’s part of our job, especially on Christmas Day of all days, to get up and give back the way we know how, which is with a good meal and some company,” said owner Patrick Koplin at the restaurant’s 25th annual holiday community meal. 

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Aarron Fleming

Aarron Fleming

Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.

He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.


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