Former WPXI sports anchor Jonas Chaney dies at 72

JONAS CHANEY (PHOTO BY BRIAN COOK SR.) & In 2005, former WPXI-TV (Channel 11) sports and public affairs report­er Jonas Chaney won an Onyx Award for his acting role in the August Wilson play, “Fences.” Onyx Awards were given to those who excelled in African American the­ater, presented by the African American Coun­cil on the Arts. But he told them he couldn’t make it to the ceremony, because he had previously com­mitted to helping the Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company celebrate its 50th anniversary. Chaney produced a video about their history and mission. Chaney was there, saluting the Mon­roeville men and women who risk their lives for others. Jonas Chaney wasn’t into all the awards he had won over the years, he was embedded in the success and happiness of others. Ironically, 19 years later, in February 2024, Chaney suffered a stroke. And it was the Monroeville first responders, the EMTs, who raced to his home and saved his life. Chaney, in recent weeks, began to suffer more from the complications of the stroke, and he died on Sunday morning, June 23, at his Monroeville home, the New Pittsburgh Cou­rier has learned. He was 72. A private burial will take place...