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On August 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that the Japanese had surrendered, ending the six-year long World War whose battles covered much of the globe and killed about 405,000 Americans.

Some teachers in the Decatur Public School District were surprised when they showed up to their classrooms in August to prepare for the new school year. 

After 12 years at O’Shea, Kurt Siciliano will start a new adventure in eastern Tennessee, where he plans to build his forever home with his family.

I received the true “O’Shea experience” working as a marketing/business development intern, and it’s an experience that I looked forward to every day this summer. 

It was a college class that helped Scott Kinkade uncover his future career path – which he probably knew all along.

O’Shea employees can agree on at least one thing about personal trainer Bo Bennett: his workouts are never dull.

For 26 years, Steve Hopper has served as O’Shea’s “utility player,” working in a variety of roles, and it’s a one he’s officially retired from. 

After 13 years at O’Shea, Superinten­dent Mike Thomas is retiring.

Nick Sunley spent fall 2019 job shadowing at O’Shea through the Sangamon-Menard Schools’ Multi-Craft Core Curriculum program (MC3). But since we last saw Nick, a lot has happened.

Harold O’Shea, father of Chief Executive Officer Bud O’Shea, loved baseball. He played baseball with his four sons and took them to major league games

With the toss of a coin and the sound of a whistle, we sent our summer intern Jeff Wells off to football camp at Southern Illinois University Carbondale! Before he headed off to school, we asked Jeff to give us the play by play on his internship experience.

Superintendent Jim McCann is officially retired. O’Shea Team News sat down with Jim and Mike O’Shea to talk about a few career highlights.

This year is not the first time O’Sheas have dealt with a pandemic or epidemic. About one hundred years ago, O’Shea Builders’ founder -- Bud O’Shea’s grandfather John O’Shea -- dealt with an epidemic and pandemic within ten years.

On Mother’s Day 2020, John Kovalan saw his parents for the first time in three months. And to his dismay, he wasn’t even able to give them a hug.

The global health pandemic caused by the spread of coronavirus has certainly changed social behaviors, keeping family and friends apart (among many other practices). It’s also altered the construction industry, adding new layers to health and safety measures. 

During WWI, the federal government struggled to provide enough food for troops overseas. So, it encouraged citizens to grow their own food to help, and the so-called “Victory Garden” or “War Garden” was born. It was rekindled during WWII when the government went a step further and rationed food.