Hundreds of bicycle enthusiasts will visit Independence next week as part of a major biking event.
Biking Across Kansas will be in southeast Kansas as they make their way across the state. Independence Chamber President Lisa Wilson says the group will spend the night in Independence as one of the last stops on their cross-state trek.
This year marks the 51st year of Biking Across Kansas, traveling the long way across the Sunflower State. The group began this year's trek on Friday, June 5th at the Colorado border and will travel a total of 550 miles by the time they reach the Missouri border near Pittsburg on June 13th.
