Illinois casinos, including Par-A-Dice in East Peoria, will be closed for 14 days

The Illinois Gaming Board is mandating that the state's casinos suspend gambling operations for 14 days beginning Monday.

PEORIA - Gov.

Sean Smith wants you to party on St. Patrick's Day, but Jim Ardis urges you to be careful.

PEORIA - The Peoria Civic Center is postponing all its ticketed events through May 1 because of the state's public health recommendations to cancel or postpone large-scale events. Civic Center officials advise patrons to retain their tickets, since they will be valid for the rescheduled dates.

Public health officials announced 14 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois - all but one of them in Cook County - on Friday, bringing the state's total number of positive cases to 46.