With only about a week left in October, fall foliage across Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas is slowly making its transition — but recent weather patterns may be dulling the season’s color.

With the middle of the fall season nearing, leaves in most U.S. states have begun to change colors, wowing leaf-peepers with the orange, red, brown, and sometimes purple hues of autumn. These changes ...

Fall will happen. It starts Sept. 22 and ends Dec. 21. For all intents and purposes, the leaves will turn. The sun will set sooner. Halloween will happen. You will witness everything you know about ...