DEARBORN, Mo. (AP) – To announce one of the biggest events of their lives together, Cindy and Mark Hill returned to the place where it all began – the high school where they became sweethearts in the 1970s.

Surrounded by family and friends, the two were introduced Friday as winners in this week’s huge Powerball lottery – an extraordinary stroke of luck that gives them half of the $588 million jackpot.

The nostalgic high school homecoming seemed to reflect the couple’s hopes of staying true to their roots and living simply, at least as simply as possible for winners of one of the biggest lottery prizes in history.