1996 Toyota Avalon Gushes died while driving

I noticed my gauges when off while driving over the weekend. So when I got home I parked it and started it again. The gauges still did not come one and my shifter was stuck in park. The next day I came back and started it the gauges came on this time but so did my check engine light. It drove all day Sunday just fine. It is now Monday night and while I was driving just now it did it again. It started with my battery light coming on, engine light still being on (has been on since Sunday when I got my dash to work again), but while driving I noticed I had no blinkers or break lights. Can you give me an idea of where to start looking for problems or any information if that has happened to you before.