Big Brown Truck Pull pulls in $33,000 for Special Olympics

Saturday's annual edition of the Big Brown Truck Pull raised more than $33,000 for Special Olympics athletes in western Kentucky.

The event at Heartland Church drew 15 different teams of 15 members who grabbed the rope and pulled the UPS 18-wheeler across the finish line.

The annual event benefits the McCracken County Special Olympics delegation, including athletes from all over western Kentucky. The money provides funding to compete in basketball, bowling, softball and cheerleading, as well as track and field at events year-round on the local, regional and state level, traveling to tournaments in Bowling Green, Owensboro, Richmond and Louisville.