A Rhode Island man has been arrested after he threatened to shoot and kill President Donald Trump and other top officials in ...

Workers guide The Independent Man statue as it is lowered to the ground from the top of the Rhode Island State House in Providence, Rhode Island on Dec. 5, 2023.

Editor's Note: For the most recent story and to watch the Independent Man be removed read, "Rhode Island's Independent Man no longer crests the State House.Here's how he came down" The Independent ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — For the first time in nearly 50 years, and only the second time in Rhode Island history, the Independent Man will take a break from watching over the state.

Rhode Island has paid close to $1.3 million to restore the historic Independent Man statue to its original gold leaf luster. Illustration ...

Who came to see the Independent Man? Over the month that the Independent Man was on display, visitors came from all 39 of Rhode Island's cities and towns, plus a wide array of villages, including ...

Retired Lt. Gen. Reginald Centracchio, who would later lead Rhode Island's National Guard, says he was tasked with being up in the State House dome under the Independent Man that day in 1975, to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — After almost a year after the Independent Man was taken down, Gov. Dan McKee announced that the statue will be returning to the top of the Rhode Island State House.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Independent Man is at ground level for the first time in nearly 50 years. For only the second time in Rhode Island’s history, the 14-foot, 800+ pound statue was ...