Step and repeat issues in Indesign

I have used Indesign for years and came across a proble yesterday that never happened before. I think something may have changed with an update.

All I wanted to do was create a two page ad with headshots on it that have a text box below with the person's name and phone number.

When I did Step and Repeat to build the two pages, that worked just fine except I could NOT delete any of the images used in Step and Repeat to place new ones. Nor could I type over the name and phone number. It's like another layer was created every time I typed anything (there were no additional layers created but the program seemed to be acting as if there were). 

it looked like anchor points were on every frame and text box, but nothing was showing as locked or grouped.

what caused this and how can I "unlock" or get rid of this locked type status so I can delete the images in the frames and place new ones and retype OVER the step and repeat text boxes? 

thank you!