2025 in Tennessee

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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Tennessee .

Incumbents

State government

• Governor: Bill Lee (R)

Events

• January 22 – Antioch High School shooting: A 17-year-old student at Antioch High School shoots at students in the cafeteria, killing one, before killing himself. ^[1]
• February 14 – Tennessee is impacted by the February 2025 North American storm complex. ^[2]
• June 8 – A skydiving plane carrying twenty people crashes shortly after take-off from the Tullahoma Regional Airport. Four passengers are transported to hospitals, and there are no fatalities. ^[3]
• June 9 – Representative Mark Green (R) announces he will be retiring from congress to take a job in the private sector. ^[4]
• June 15 – A man scales a subdivision fence and rings the doorbell of Memphis Mayor Paul Young. The man is arrested three days later and charged with attempted kidnapping. ^[5]
• June 18 – In United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court rules that Tennessee can ban gender-affirming care for minors. ^[6]
• July 29 – Four family members are found dead in a Tiptonville home, with the infant son of two of the victims found alive. A relative of the victims, Austin Drummond, has been arrested as of August 5, 2025. ^[7]
• August 5 – Byron Lewis Black is executed by lethal injection at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution for the murders of his girlfriend and her two daughters in 1988. Authorities refuse to deactivate Black's implanted defibrillator prior to his execution despite concerns it would administer unnecessary shocks. ^[8]
• August 12 – Four people are killed by floods in Hamilton County, including a family of three who are killed by a falling tree in East Ridge. ^{[9] [10]}

See also

• 2025 in the United States

References

1. Sundby, Alex (January 23, 2025). "Teen shooter kills student, then himself at Antioch High School in Nashville, police say - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
2. Yablonski, Steven (February 15, 2025). "Flooding leads to levee failure in Tennessee, 9 deaths in Kentucky with high-water rescues continuing". FOX Weather. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
3. Musa, Amanda (June 8, 2025). "No fatalities reported after skydiving plane crashes in Tennessee, officials say". CNN. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
4. Bietsch, Rebecca; Schnell, Mychael (June 9, 2025). "Mark Green to resign from House after final vote on 'big, beautiful bill'". The Hill. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
5. Park, Hanna (June 20, 2025). "Memphis man charged with attempted kidnapping after allegedly trespassing at mayor's home". CNN. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
6. Sherman, Carter (June 18, 2025). "US supreme court upholds Tennessee ban on youth gender-affirming care". The Guardian. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
7. Shapiro, Emily (August 1, 2025). "Man at large after allegedly killing 4 family members, leaving baby alive in Tennessee: Officials". ABC News. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
8. Mattise, Jonathan (August 5, 2025). "Tennessee man says he hurt badly during lethal injection without deactivating defibrillator". The Associated Press. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
9. Lenthang, Marlene; Prociv, Kathryn (August 13, 2025). "3 dead in historic rain and flash flooding in Tennessee, authorities say". NBC News. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
10. Matisse, Jonathan; Brumfield, Sarah (August 13, 2025). "Mother, father and child killed by fallen tree in Tennessee heavy rains and flooding". The Associated Press. Retrieved August 17, 2025.