MANY, La. -- Acadian Ambulance Service was selected Tuesday to be the sole provider of ground ambulance emergency and non-emergency transportation services for the citizens of Sabine Parish effective Jan. 1.

The Sabine Parish EMS Advisory Board made the selection at a meeting Tuesday night. The Sabine Parish Police Jury confirmed it during its meeting Wednesday.

The process has been months in the making. EMS board Chairman Danny Asbell said when the members began looking to the future they settled on seeking proposals from interested companies rather than entering a contract, which the parish had never done before.

"This process was not taken lightly," Asbell said.

The No. 1 goal of the board was to make sure Sabine Parish citizens "are going to get the best possible care by whoever sh

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